Federal windfall funds suburban police hiring in Illinois
Illinois towns receive federal grants covering 75 percent of new officers' salaries and benefits for three years, totaling millions for departments from Chicago Heights to Tinley Park. After three years local governments must fund remaining costs or cut staff, while ISP gains 4.425 million for 59 officers.
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Illinois State Police
Chicago Heights
Dalton
East Hazel Crest
Flossmoor
Ford Heights
Frankfort
Hazel Crest
Lansing
Mokena
New Lenox
Orland Hills
Peotone
South Chicago Heights
Tinley Park
Illinois
Washington
Employers and the blind reference problem in Illinois
The piece argues that bosses rarely give candid job references and may offer only dates of employment. It notes legislative efforts in Illinois to grant immunity to former employers for truthful statements, while employees would need to prove malice. The author calls this approach unfair to workers and unlikely to fix the issue.
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Ilinois
Senate
Parental Responsibility Ordinance Draws City Council Support
Country Club Hills Police Chief Wilson Pierce says the city adopted a parental responsibility ordinance Monday holding parents accountable for their children's actions, arguing gangs persist because parents permit them.
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Country Club Hills
Wilson Pierce
Mice in Books vs Mice at Home
A writer recalls beloved heroic mice in children's books and contrasts them with a real kitchen invasion. After trying poison and sonic devices, a bold mouse raid ends when Brazil nuts are found carried away, leaving the home unusually clean and quiet.
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Ralph
Times Square
Tucker
Harry
Martin the Warrior
Adoption tax credit bill urged to boost U S child adoption efforts
Letter from U S Representative Jerry Weller urges President Clinton to sign the Adoption Promotion and Stability Act. He argues the measure would provide up to 46000 tax credits to adoptive families, easing costs, expanding foster care placements, and promoting interracial adoptions while stressing need for more loving permanent homes.
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U.S. House
Ameria
House
Ilinois
Illinois Family Institute
National Center For Adoption
United States
Clinton
Uss
Jerry Weller
R-Morris
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