Layoffs Hit Illinois Prison Staff Amid Budget Cuts
AFSCME and IDOC dispute timing and scope of notices for prison workers facing layoffs. Union says most employees learned over weekend with until noon to submit transfer requests. Layoffs targeted leisure activities specialists levels I to III. level IV supervisors may keep jobs but face changed duties. Officials cite a $75 million budget cut and deny rumors of program eliminations or Vienna facility closures.
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Governor Blames Union Over Prison Food Privatization
Gov Ryan accuses AFSCME of delaying cost saving efforts to privatize dietary and commissary services in state prisons and impose a no pay day for all workers. Spokesman Linc Cohen says the union will resist and pursue alternatives, including cigarette and casino riverboat tax hikes and bulk drug purchases. Richard Goldstein.
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Secretive federal sites shadow rural life near Deep Trout
In Deep Trout territory residents describe the hush around two major secure facilities serving as Pentagon backups. Details on identities are withheld while the White House confirms 150 officials live on-site at rotating compounds. Residents recall September 11 jitters and a string of odd incidents, including a white van scare.
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Accuracy Hotline for The Southern Illinoisan Errors
A notice requests readers report inaccuracies including calendar and fire stories. It cites a Maundy Thursday breakfast misprint at First Christian Church in Du Quoin and a Carbondale fire starting in Ella Chism's apartment at 510B E Russell St, with corrected details and contact numbers for reporting.
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du Quoin
Carbondale
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