Illinois Scholarships For Optometry Students Signed Into Law
Gov. George Ryan signed a measure creating renewable five thousand dollar scholarships for ten Illinois optometry students yearly. Recipients may renew for up to eight semesters, must study in state and practice in Illinois for the scholarship period or repay with five percent interest.
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James D
Jim” Fowler
Charrisburg
Todd Sieben
R-Geneseo
Illinois College of Optometry
Chicago
Katherine Schott
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Tampico
Dixon
Eureka College
Ex-lobbyist pleads guilty in Ryan era corruption case
Donald A. Udstuen a longtime Chicago area lobbyist admitted tax fraud and taking kickbacks tied to fixing contracts at Metra while serving on its board. He declined to name "Public Official A" cited in plea talks as prosecutors keep the mystery official undisclosed. Udstuen faces 10 to 16 months in prison under the plea agreement.
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Crystal Lake
Ryan
Udstuen
Metra
Chicago
U.S
Rebecca Pallmeyer
Illinois State Medical Society
Larry Warner
ADM leader pushes federal ethanol mandate to boost jobs in Midwest
Archer Daniels Midland executive Marty Andreas told about 1,000 attendees at the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop that increasing ethanol use could flood Illinois and Iowa with jobs and capital. He cited a plan to raise production from 2 to 5 billion gallons by 2012, predicting new plants and $140 million local injections plus $110 million in ensuing activity per plant.
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Marty Andreas
Archer Daniels Midland
Illinois
Iowa
Congress
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Senate
Andreas
Crowne Plaza
United States
Midwest
ADM
Bob Dinneen
U.S. Renewable Fuels Association
Dinneen
California
Illinois to distribute free potassium iodide pills near nuclear plants
Springfield reports the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety will give free potassium iodide tablets to residents within ten miles of six nuclear plants. The pills protect the thyroid during radiation but do not guard against other radiation harms, with evacuation still prioritized. About 350,000 pills cost 70000 dollars, funded by Exelon Nuclear, to be distributed by mid July.
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Illinois
Patti Thompson
The
Thompson
Thomas W. Orteiger
Department of Nuclear Safety
Orteiger
Ambex Inc
Palm Harbor
Fla
Exelon Nuclear
Hearings Planned Over Maury Travis Jail Death
The St Louis County Council will hold hearings on the death by own action of suspected serial killer Maury Troy Travis, who hanged himself in a Ferguson jail cell after arrest for alleged serial killings. Investigators say Travis may have killed up to 18 women. council members seek access to logs, internal reports, and testimony from federal and county officials.
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Odenwald
Travis
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