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* 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
posted by Mike Murray
Monday, Dec 28, 09 @ 9:06 am
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