Union seeks halt to prison privatization plan in Illinois
The Illinois prison workers union asks a LaSalle County judge to stop Gov. Ryan from privatizing food and commissary services, arguing it violates state law barring outsourcing security duties. The suit names Rep. Mantino, Sheridan workers, and a food vendor, seeking to curb private contracts amid projected savings.
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Springfield
Illinois
George H. Ryan
American Federation of State
Marrianne McMullen
Ryan
LaSalle County
Frank J. Mantino
Spring Valley
Sheridan
Correctional Center
Corrections Department
McMullen
Comparing Terrorism and Nuclear Fear in Public Safety
In 2002 Springfield security experts compared terrorism to Cold War era nuclear threats. Illinois Fire Service Institute director Richard L. Jaehne urged better tracking of foreigners to bolster homeland security and proposed an early warning task force for local responders.
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Springfield
Illinois
Jaehne
Minutemen
Postal Service readies anthrax cleanup efforts
Cleanup crews shift from Hart Senate Building to postal facilities in Brentwood Washington and Trenton New Jersey. Postal officials with EPA study methods used at Hart to adapt them for Brentwood and Trenton. Five people have died from anthrax. over a dozen infected across several states. Public meetings will precede any decontamination and dates are not set.
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Washington
Hart Senate
Environmental Protection Agency
Brentwood
Trenton
Hamilton Township
N.J
Gerry Kreienkamp
Hart
New Jersey
New York
Florida
EPA
Senate
Thomas Daschle
Kreienkamp
Dish Network
Dishnetwork.com
Port Authority workers charged with stealing relief funds
A dozen Port Authority employees who survived the World Trade Center attack faced charges for taking about 19 581 dollars in emergency aid from the Red Cross and Safe Horizon. The group allegedly sought disaster aid after missing work on September 11 to early October.
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Port Authority
New York
World Trade Center
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Safe Horizon
Robert Morgenthau
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Trial set for homicide suspect in Adams County slayings
In Quincy AP report, 20 year old Billy Jack Reed awaits trial for first degree murder in the July 2 slayings of Harold Steiner 85 and Bernice Steiner 80. His co defendant Stephen Justice 22 has pleaded guilty and is sent to North Platte Neb for a third murder charge. Justice agreed to life without parole and not testifying against Reed. Reed faces the death penalty and a March 25 Springfield trial date moved due to publicity.
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Quincy
Adams County
Nebraska
Billy Jack Reed
Springfield
Reed
Stephen Justice
Harold Steiner
Bernice
Justice
Barney Bier
North Platte
Neb
Joyce Boyer
Sutherland
Illinois
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