* State politics delivered decade full of news

* More should post what state still owes them

* Lobbying efforts continue in Springfield for FutureGen

* A look at the state’s quest to acquire FutureGen

* New year brings new public records law to Illinois

* Another new year, a whole bunch of new laws

* Do you text while you drive? It’ll cost you when new state law takes effect this week

* 6,100 drivers get Breathalyzers in law’s 1st year

* Early release sends some DUI offenders back to prison

Anti-drunken driving advocates reacted angrily earlier this week when the Chicago Sun-Times revealed that Gov. Quinn’s administration had released 18 felony drunken drivers from prison early to serve the rest of their prison time on home confinement.[…]

On Thursday, those same anti-DUI advocates were cheering after the governor ordered all 18 back behind bars to serve the remainder of their prison time. Each will be paroled between mid-January and mid-October under the terms of their original sentences.

* Quinn should release data on freed inmates

* State court ruling expected on malpractice caps

* Illinois Department on Aging issues winter tips for seniors

* Convicted of corruption, 12 still await sentencing

It has been more than four years since Jacob Kiferbaum pleaded guilty in a kickback scheme involving a hospital that needed state approval for a construction project, one of the earliest corruption scandals under former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.[…]

What’s keeping them out of prison? For most, it’s the help they’re offering authorities in ongoing cases, involving Blagojevich and others — cooperation that could cut their prison time.

* Blagojevich’s lawyer moving sensitive files to new spot