Illini health chief seeks 2.3 million in funding
Illinois Public Health Director Dr Bernard Turnock urges 2.3 million more to upgrade labs and add 59 workers after a salmonella outbreak blamed on slow agency response. Legislation balks at the request while lawmakers acknowledge funding gaps and accountability.
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Springfield
Illinois
Larry Bullock
House
Illinois Public Health Department
Chicago Democrat
Bernard Turnock
Thompson
Inois Public Health Department
General Assembly
Turnock
Lawmaker Move Bars Dotson From Earnings On Recantation Case
Springfield lawmakers push a measure to bar Gary Dotson from profits on books or films about his rape recantation. Current law gives victims first claim to earnings by victims’ perpetrators, with funds placed in a state fund. If Cathleen Crowell Webb recants, she may not claim, potentially letting Dotson keep gains from contracts.
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Springfield
Gary Dotson
Cathleen Crowell Webb
Dotson
Six youths die in crash near Union Illinois
Six teenagers returning from a Union fire department carnival were killed when their car crashed into a tree at a rural intersection in Seneca Township McHenry County sheriff police said Saturday. Victims included George Wilson 20 of Marengo Robin 18 and Lisa not given Cheryl Vernola 17 of Marengo Cheryl Nicholls 16 of Marengo and David Randall 17 of Harvard.
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George Wilson
Marengo
Robin
Lisa
David Randall
Harvard
Cheryl Vernola
Cheryl Nicholls
State sues Peoria over gifted program discrimination
The Illinois Education Board alleges Peoria School District 150 used racially biased standards to admit black students to its gifted program. The filing notes only 2 percent of eligible black students were admitted and cites prior state financing withholds. The suit adds pressure amid a long desegregation dispute and possible settlement talks.
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Peoria
Illinois Education Board
U.S
Illinois River
Oria County
U.S. Education Department
Julian Cannell
Federal Education Agency
Illinois
Ted Sanders
Eugene Daley
State School Board
Robert Kauffman
Cannell
State Board
Protesters block tanks in Armed Forces Day parade
In Chicago protesters lay down before tanks as 14 demonstrators were arrested for disorderly conduct and one for resisting arrest during the Armed Forces Day parade. About 1,000 spectators watched as 55 units passed the State of Illinois Building amid groups including "Motherhood for World War III" and the Disarm Now Action Group.
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Chicago
James Maher
LaSalle Street
State of Illinois
Columbia College
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