Critique of Illinois DCFS fails to protect abused children
The Illinois auditor general's May report criticizes DCFS for inadequate screening of foster parents, lost files, and delayed investigations. It cites flawed record-keeping, understaffing, and questionable contracts, including a $2.7 million payout to Management Services of Illinois. The report calls for hiring regular staff and phasing out costly private contracts. Sterling Ryder says reforms will curb the problems, though the report notes the stakes are deadly for children.
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Ilinois Department of Children and Family Services
DCFS
Illinois Auditor General
Auditor General
Sue Suter
Management Services of
Illinois
Springfield
State Journal-Register
Suter
MSI
Jim Edgar
Sterling
Mac” Ryder
Illinois bill aims to strip criminals of profits from crimes
A proposed Illinois law would allow victims and families to sue criminals to recover profits from books or films about their crimes and seek legal attachments to criminal assets. The bill covers murder, aggravated kidnapping, Class X felonies, and those found insane or not guilty by reason of mental illness, aiming to curb glamorizing crime.
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Brown's Chicken
Palatine
Illinois
Tom Dunn
D-Joliet
Dunn
John Wayne Gacy
Jeffrey Dahmer
Judiciously Speaking Consumers should be offended at obscene compensation for execs
Judge Henry X. Dietch argues that private firms excess executive pay and perks harm consumers and erode trust. He calls for stronger accountability by IRS rulings and shareholder action, equating corporate excess with public tax concerns and urging unified pressure for ethical standards.
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Internal Revenue Service
Letters: The rows of heroes To the Editor
A reader recalls visiting the American military cemetery near Valkenburg Netherlands on May 8 at Margritten. He describes the site’s layout including the court of honor, maps of campaigns Normandy to Germany, 1 722 missing in action, 8 911 buried Americans, and a memorial ritual that moved him to reflection on past Korean War days and those who served.
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Valkenburg
Netherlands
Margritten
Nicpoleon
Europe
Normandy
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Germany
Air Force
Veteran recalls prejudice lessons from Carolinas to Illinois
A North Carolina beach encounter and a rural bus ride reveal how racial bias shaped a 1940s enlistee from the Midwest. The soldier, later aging with white hair, recognizes himself as a victim of a prejudiced system in the South Suburbs, and credits those experiences with his lifelong understanding of discrimination.
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Midwest
Gary
Ind
Chicago
Morehead City
New Bern
N.C
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Wheeler
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Sapere of
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Clinton
Beverly
Debra Savickas
KD Studios
Crete
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Kathryn Graziani
Graziani
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Henry X. Dietch
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