Citizens' suggestions could become solutions
Southern Illinois residents may share funding ideas for a 25 billion state capital program at a listening session hosted by SIU President Glenn Poshard and former U.S. Speaker Dennis Hastert. The 6 to 7:30 p.m. forum at Carbondale Civic Center invites ideas to break a nearly nine year Springfield stalemate and find a majority-supported plan.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Carbondale Civic Center
Southern Illinois University
Glenn Poshard
U.S
Dennis Hastert
Civic Center
S. Illinois Avenue
Poshard
Springfield
Rod Blagojevich
Hastert
Shortage sparks debate over juvenile education in Illinois prisons
Union leaders and advocacy groups blame Department of Juvenile Justice for a teacher shortage that leaves many inmates with inconsistent schooling. Officials counter that five of eight juvenile prisons provide full-time classes, while some educators dispute conditions at facilities like Illinois Youth Center St. Charles where half the inmates attend half-day schooling.
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Springfield
Department of Juvenile Justice
Illinois Department of Corrections
Anders Lindall
American Federation of State
Lindall
Department of Corrections
Rod Blagojevich
Lindlair
Kurt Friedenauer
Lance Walls
Blagojevich
Abby Ottenhoff
Susan Sidwell
Illinois Youth Center
St. Charles
Chicago
Corrections
Januari Smith
Harrisburg
Joliet
Murphysboro
Warrenville
Sidwell
Habitat For Humanity
Bill Kilquist
Costs stack up for Illinois citizens but not prisoners
In West Frankfort, retired mine safety instructor Jack McReynolds recalls decades underground as a coal miner and contrasts union benefits with nonunion counterparts. He cites medical coverage through the United Mine Workers and notes prisoners receive state-paid medical care upon incarceration, via facility contracts with health providers.
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West Frankfort
Jack McReynolds
Jack Rat
McReynolds
U.S. Department of Labor
United Mine Workers (of America
Illinois
Derek Schnapp
Illinois Department of Corrections
Former Salukis save golf invitational
Rain and flooding disrupted the 14th annual Saluki Women's Golf Invitational in Carbondale. SIU Coach Diane Daugherty arranged a last minute host shift to Crab Orchard Golf Club in Carterville with ex Saluki Steve Heckel leading staff to accommodate the university and save the event.
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Carterville
Illinois
Hickory Ridge Family Golf Center
Carbondale
Hickory
Mike Day
SIU
Diane Daugherty
Sarah Haas
Saluki
Daugherty
Steve Heckel
Crab Orchard Golf Club
Heckel
Hickory Ridge
Diane
Amanda Whitlock
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