Illinois prisons seek 52 million boost in Thompson budget
Gov. James R. Thompson's proposed budget would add 52 million for Illinois prisons, including 21.1 million more for Dixon Correctional Center to reach 1,200 beds after renovation. The plan envisions 40 new staff by June 1990, with 324 other Corrections employees overall, and notes no new staff for several centers.
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Springfield
Illinois
James R. Thompson
Dixon
Illinois Department of Corrections
Thompson
Corrections
Nic Howell
Howell
Dunger
Michael P. Lane
Mt. Sterling
Canton
Illinois Youth Center
Joliet
Stateville Correctional Center
Dwight
Lincoln
Logan
Pontiac
St Charles
Valley View
Warrenville
Village approves door to door permit for solicitors
Mount Morris voters and residents learn the village board adopted a new solicitation ordinance requiring all door to door solicitors to obtain a permit from the village clerk’s office with no fee. The same meeting approved land purchase for a utility substation and lift station off Carrie Avenue, plus related equipment buys totaling over 100000 dollars, andplanned annexation. Sauk Valley Community College announces a March 7 national teleconference on aging with regional panelists and two Stanford University authors, inviting local reservations and contact details.
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Mount Morris
Ruchelle
Rochelle Lity Louncu
Carrie Avenue
Utility Department
Sunsetsfields Subdivision
Gehant Farm Trust
Planning Commission
Ray Wickness
Sauk Valley Commounity College
Thompson budget boosts Illinois DCFS funding and programs
Gov. Thompson proposes FY90 DCFS funding near 400 million, up 37 million from FY89, including 6.3 million for Family First home-based counseling and 16 million more for juvenile jail removal. Local agencies would gain modest increases, with Herrick House in Bartlett and Aurora regional office among beneficiaries and plans for possible Herrick House study.
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Springfield
Ilinois Department of Children and Family Services
James R. ‘Thompson
Thompson
DCFS
Family First
Herrick House
Aurora
DFS
Kane
McHenry
DuPage, Lake
Kendall Grundy
Will
Kankakee
Suit attacks DCFS for taking kids from poor families
A class action filed in U S District Court accuses the Department of Children and Family Services of removing children from impoverished homes to preserve resources. The suit seeks a court order for more funding and services to keep families together, citing missed housing deposits and welfare benefits. DCFS denies bias, citing other factors in custody decisions and a new Family First initiative to aid about 1000 families.
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Shicagu
UPD
Department of Children and Family Services
DCFS
Laurene Heyback
Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago
U.S
Heyback
Prainurrs
Jacqueline Fields
DCF
Gordon Johnson
David Schneidman
Schoeldman
Milion Project
Illinois reports fugitive emissions foul air in state pollution study
The IEPA’s first of its kind report cites nearly 40 million pounds of fugitive emissions as 43 percent of toxic air pollutants from industrial sites in 1987. It notes no programs to curb these leaks at federal or state levels and highlights 92.7 million pounds total air toxics with 39.9 trillion pounds classified as fugitive emissions and 52.7 million from smokestacks.
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Chicago
UPD
Illinois
Ilinois Environmental Protection Agency
Will Flower
EPA
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DCC
Copley News Service
Telegraph
Wesco Company
EPL
Waukesha
Wis
O'Conner, Serar
Naperville
Sauk
Walter Bortz
Stanford Univeristy
Robert Levin
Institute On Aging For Washington
Levin
Nelinder
Teddy Behrendt
Central National Bank
Sterling
Joan Hobbs
Lee County Council On Aging
Ann Henderson
SVCC
Senior Services
IEPA
Cevicar Arts Clinic
Spurgeon
Misty Valley
Fleet Street
Arbetman
Sale
Childrens Jackets
W. First
Spurgeorrs
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