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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 2007
Page
12
The notice outlines submission rules for Letters to the Voice of the Reader, including word limit, typewritten or email format, need for signature and a verifiable hometown, editor rights to edit, and disallowing poetry or mass submissions. It lists contact addresses and phone numbers for submitting letters and reporting news, and provides a roster of elected officials with phone numbers and website links.
The Jackson County Project Safe Neighborhoods uses a multi agency approach to crime deterrence. Since January 2006 prosecutions and convictions have put offenders in prison for over 300 years. The program grew from a 2001 Bush Administration Justice Department initiative to curb gun drug and violent crime by coordinating local state and federal law enforcement.
The Jackson County Project Safe Neighborhoods model coordinates the Jackson County Sheriff's Department Murphysboro Police Department the U S Drug Enforcement Administration the U S Marshals Service the U S Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Illinois and the Jackson County State's Attorney. A weekly task force reviews cases deciding federal versus state prosecutions and shares tips while stressing teamwork. Methamphetamine remains the region's major crime issue with some defendants facing long prison terms.
The piece notes the Illinois General Assembly faced a record overtime session in Springfield over budget disputes while Gov. Blagojevich recently signed measures. Actions include stricter teen driving rules, new specialty plates funding groups, declaring Gold Rush apple as state fruit, and naming popcorn as the state snack. Lawmakers may return after Labor Day to tackle the budget and transit funding.
William F. Sherwood clarifies the 2005 non economic damage caps remain in place for malpractice actions and explains the new law allows juries to consider grief sorrow and mental suffering for wrongful death claims, while caps still bind awards.
Backers label the Central Illinois coal plant a $2 billion project that would create 1500 construction jobs 120 permanent positions and 160 mining roles while delivering 630 megawatts. Tenaska warns the plan may move to Indiana if a long term power rate bill stalls prompting bipartisan support and water aid from Decatur officials.
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