Welfare deficit projections spur cuts to welfare aid
SPRINGFIELD AP The state faces a potential ten million dollar deficit in general assistance welfare funds unless benefits are cut or lawmakers approve more spending. State Public Aid Director Jeffrey Miller said the department must be allowed to reduce payments to 139 dollars from 162 a month to avert a cash squeeze amid rising welfare rolls. If cuts are blocked, the legislature may need to raise the current 179.4 million dollar general assistance authorization or risk a mid May fund shortage. The order blocking reductions was issued after a class action argued 139 dollars could not cover rent and other expenses for most recipients, who are single unemployed adults without access to unemployment or Social Security.
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Springfield
State Public Aid Department
Jeffrey Miller
Illinois Appellate Court
Chicago
Miller
Circuit Court
George Higgins
Utility customers face higher costs despite lower energy use
Illinois Power Co reports a near 2 percent drop in electricity sales for 1981 while electric revenues rise 9.4 percent thanks to a July rate hike. Chairman Wendell J. Kelley says the higher rates allowed a strong year end, though IP seeks another rate increase of 19.9 percent for electric revenues and 9.7 percent for natural gas.
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Springfield
Illinois Power Co
Wendell J. Kelley
Illinois Commerce Commission
Former US journalist Siebert dies at 80 in California
Dr. Fredrick S. Siebert, journalism law expert who led the University of Illinois School of Journalism for 17 years, died at 80 in a California convalescent home after moving to the San Diego area. He later headed Michigan State University’s journalism school and served as dean of the College of Communications Arts. He was a longtime legal adviser to state press associations.
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Michigan State University School of Journalism
College of Communications Arts
Tower, Minn
Siebert
Michigan Press Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Dying sheriff spared from prison
Former Madison County Sheriff John Maeras who was convicted on racketeering charges in a 15 year term will not begin prison due to terminal cancer. Judge J Waldo Ackerman granted a delay after a physician's report said Maeras has only months to live and could not receive adequate care in a prison.
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Madison County
John Maeras
U.S
J. Waldo Ackerman
Maeras
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Gerald D. Fines
Ackerman
Phsician
Fines
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