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* Chicago Tonight: Children’s Museum

Tuesday’s ruling has to worry corrupt Illinois pols and their pals. No more hiding now in make-believe defenses, no more hoping the courts—judges are political creatures, right?—will leave definitions vague.

* Public Affairs with State Rep. John Fritchey

* Bill proposed to extend honorary degree eligibility

State Sen. Mike Frerichs, D-Champaign, said he introduced Senate Bill 2682 – which would allow school boards to award high school diplomas to honorably discharged Vietnam veterans – after hearing about Raymond Collins’ struggle to get his.

* 2 yrs. later, is Illinois still ’state of shame’?

* Health care job eludes Iraq vet

Tammy Duckworth, director of the Illinois Veterans’ Affairs Department for the last 1? years, said she hears similar stories “over and over again.” The nation is becoming “overwhelmed,” she said, by the length of the war and the number of veterans who have come home needing jobs.

* Gavel-to-Gavel: This morning, Rezko a ‘free’ man

* Rezko freed on $8 million bond, home monitoring

* State helps fill local food pantries’ shelves

* Want Obama’s Senate seat? Join the crowd

* Suburbs try to angle ComEd transmission line

* A training exercise or free pool boys?

* Brenda Sexton, public libraries team up on book-film series

* Tollway tale gets more tangled

* Fix the toll collection system — now

* Strong aftershock reported in Illinois

* Inspections follow shaky morning

* Bridges Inspected For Possible Damage

* Autism Center waiting for money

* Single-Sex Ed Takes Hold in South Carolina

* SJ-R: Misguided bid to ‘protect’ marriage

* Energy speaker: Don’t underestimate the power of coal

posted by Kevin Fanning
Monday, Apr 21, 08 @ 8:27 am

Comments

The article “2 yrs. later, is Illinois still ’state of shame’?” is not very well done. it appears the author did no research, and covered none of the major areas of contention. For example, the State has a verterans preference requirement in hiring, how about some reaeearch into whetehr the State itself is actually following this law. Of note, there have been previous articles discussing how jobs were listed as being in a distant county with no veterans who were applicants, a donor then recieved the jib, but the job was actually worked out of a diufferent county where there were veterans who would have been entitled to it under State law. Thus, there appears to be evidence that job posaitions have been tampered with to negate the vet preference. Good idea for a story, but bad exectuion.

Comment by Ghost Monday, Apr 21, 08 @ 8:48 am
Tony still in town?

Comment by Subject: Making deals Monday, Apr 21, 08 @ 9:19 am
Fritchey link is broken

try

http://jeffberkowitz.blogspot.co
m/2008/04/bette
r-than-hannity-larry-king-or-dan.html

Comment by BannedForLife Monday, Apr 21, 08 @ 10:29 am
No mention of the legislation which passed the Senate late last week to legalize and expand internet gambling on horse racing in Illinois?

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillS
tatus.asp?DocNum=2702&GAID=9
&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3
7162&SessionID=51&GA=95

Comment by Johnny Hooker Monday, Apr 21, 08 @ 1:23 pm