Illinois education reform debates center on paying for gains
After months of debate an Illinois reform plan moves forward raising teacher salaries improving evaluations training and curriculums. Proposals project costs from 250 to 900 million with earnings likely from a cigarette tax and phone charges. Poshard supports restoring a 0.5 percent income tax and a 50 percent state funding mandate. Rea cautions over optimistic growth forecasts.
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Illinois
Marion
House
Michael Madigan
Jim Rea
C Christopher
David Phelps
D-Eldorado
James Thompson
Ted Sanders
Rea
Glenn Poshard
Carterville
Poshard
Phelps
Thompson
Illinois forecast for active tornado season in late March
The National Weather Service in Chicago warns Illinois may see unusually active twister activity in late March due to a 30 day outlook for above normal temperatures and precipitation. Governor Thompson proclaims Tornado Preparedness Week as drills occur statewide.
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Chicago
Illinois
National Weather Service
Paul Merzlock
Merzlock
Thompson
Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
Weather Service
Trooper Fatally Shot During I-55 Traffic Stop Near Perryville
Perryville Missouri AP reports a Missouri Highway Patrol trooper was fatally shot during a routine traffic stop on Interstate 55 near Perryville at about 6 30 p.m. The incident occurred Saturday night about 50 miles south of St Louis, a patrol dispatcher said.
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Perryville
Missouri Highway Patrol
St. Louis
Ray Gidley
Nicaraguans Demand Elections and Dialogue
In San Jose 21 Nicaraguan opposition leaders press for a national dialogue and new elections, delivering a five page ultimatum to the Sandinista government with a March 20 deadline and an April 20 review. Secretary Shultz in Montevideo sees limited progress and urges restart of Contadora process. Signers include Cruz Calero Chamorro Robelo Chamorro and Pastora declines signing. Cruz hints at adding names later. The statement seeks Central American guarantees for any negotiated accords and cites Contadora nations Colombia Mexico Panama Venezuela.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
George P. Shultz
Montevideo
Uruguay
Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega
Contadora
Shultz
Arturo Cruz
Adolfo Calero
Nicaraguan Democratic Front
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
Managua
la Prensa
Alfonso Robelo
Fernando Chamorro
Eden Pastora
Revolutionary Democratic Alliance
Pastora
Brooklyn Rivera
Coroner links fatal blow to back of head in Mt Vernon girl
Mount Vernon 3 year old Rachel Tabor died from a severe blow to the back of the head, with a blood clot in the brain. Coroner Dr. Richard H. Garretson said the injuries appeared over time. Her mother Marjorie Tabor is jailed on $75,000 bond for aggravated battery, battery and cruelty to a child.
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Mt. Vernon
Elizabeth Renshaw
Southern Illinois
Mount Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Richard H. Garretson
Jefferson County
Rachel Tabor
Marjorie Tabor
Garretson
Linois Department of Children and Family Services
Rachel
Gene Ruehmkorff
DCFS
Surgeons repair bleeding in third artificial heart patient
Murray Haydon, recipient of the world’s third artificial heart, was returned to his room in critical but stable condition after a 90 minute operation to seal a pencil thin chest opening. Doctors traced the bleeding to catheter removal and repaired the source, with Dr Zahi Mazri and Dr William DeVries leading the team.
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Louisville
Murray Haydon
Haydon
Bob Irvine
Humana Inc
Hayden
Irvine
Zahi Mazri
Humana Heart Institute
Mazri
DeVries
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