edited by: Douglas Welch,
Illinois Editor
State Rep. Jim Sacia, a Republican from Freeport, says those concerned about Gitmo-in-Illinois are over-reacting. He, as well as others, attended a discussion about Thomson Correctional being used for terrorist suspects and came away feeling better, that Illinois could handle 100 detainees. He wrote in the State Journal-Register:
A fact [...]
Earlier this week, the State Journal-Register asked the candidates contending for their respective Illinois gubernatorial party nominations a series of questions about state pension system. According to the paper, most called it their "high" or "highest" priority. If the pols want to get a better sense of what type of shape the system is [...]
Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
Foreclosure Spike
Check
out the Woodstock Institute's new data on Chicago area foreclosures,
which shows a sharp increase in activity this quarter.
Sign The Caps Bill
The State Journal-Register condemns
the tone taken by editorial boards in [...]
