By Jamey Dunn
The federal government agreed to purchase Thomson prison today amid ongoing controversies over moving suspected terrorists into the United States and the early release of Illinois inmates.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Gov. Pat Quinn announced in Washington, D.C., this afternoon that President Barack Obama’s administration has decided to [...]
December 15, 2009
The Honorable Pat Quinn
Governor of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Dear Governor Quinn:
On January 22, 2009, President Obama issued Executive Order 13492, directing the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo. A key purpose of this Order [...]
Gitmo Detaines Are Illinois-Bound
From the White House, Sen. Dick Durbin and Gov. Pat Quinn will announce today that the federal government will acquire the Thomson Correctional Center to house a limited number of Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Gutierrez Unveils Immigration Reform Bill Today
Illinois' own' [...]
During the next few months, if Gov. Pat Quinn tries to portray himself as tough on crime, remember this:
Repeat drunk drivers, drug users and even people convicted of battery and weapons violations are serving less than three weeks’ total time behind bars under a secret change in policy by [...]
The below statement comes from the Jim Ryan campaign:from the Ryan for Governor campaign
Illinois gubernatorial candidate and former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan reacted today to revelations in an Associated Press story that Governor Pat Quinn secretly released more than 850 inmates since September by immediately awarding them months of good-conduct credit, some of [...]
Quinn Suspends Early Prisoner Release Program
Gov. Pat Quinn has suspended his early release program, which allowed
hundreds of inmates to be released before the end of their prison terms
by earning credit for good behavior. The decision follows an AP investigation
that found some inmates with past convictions [...]
From Rod Blagojevich's radio program today on WLS AM 890:
A bull who's castrated is a steer. And a pig who's castrated is a barrow. And a governor who's castrated is Pat Quinn.
I don't think I'm done politically. When I win this trial and I'm vindicated, people are going [...]
Governor Pat Quinn appointed Chicago attorney Marty Castro as new head of the state's Human Rights Commission Saturday. Castro started a new endeavor this year called Castro-Rioja Enterprises, after being Aetna's regional vice president of external affairs for two years, and before that working at private law firms.
Castro is an [...]
In a poll released today, Rasmussen Reports finds that 51 percent of Illinoisans oppose Dick Durbin's "dream come true," the transfer of terrorists from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to Thomson, Illinois. Durbin's fellow Democrat, Governor Pat Quinn, also favors Gitmo North. Given Illinois' widening deficit and the repeated calls from editorial boards across the state to enact budgetary reforms, we were astonished to notice in recent weeks that not one major publication covered the final report issued last month by Gov. Pat Quinn's Pension Modernization Task Force.
The silence can be interpreted in [...]
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Quinn: Prison Decision "Very Shortly"
Gov. Pat Quinn says he expects a decision "very shortly" on whether the
federal government will buy the Thomson Correctional Center to house
Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Another Chink In Illinois' Bond Rating
In a second blow to Illinois' bond rating this week, [...]
Yesterday morning, Gov. Pat Quinn celebrated the Blago anniversary by signing into law a comprehensive campaign finance reform bill, the first in state history to cap (in some form) campaign contributions.
"When we enact a reform like today," the governor said at the signing, "it is not" [...]
