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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 2002
Page
3
The State Board of Education raised the GED application fee from 30 to 35 dollars effective January 1 to fund testing administration with minimal burden on test takers. Retest fees stay the lowest in the nation.
Chicago AP report notes the Illinois Prisoner Review Board faces a flood of clemency petitions as Gov. George Ryan reviews every death row case before January. Panels hear six cases daily in Chicago and Springfield, with little formal judgment, while some members defend the system amid calls for sweeping commutations.
Larry Hall a former state official tied to the George Ryan era received four years probation and a $4,000 fine plus 400 hours of community service for mail fraud kickbacks and fixing drivers license tests. He aided investigators in the Operation Safe Road probe and is set to testify at Scott Fawell's racketeering trial. Hall admitted involvement in kickback contracts and campaign contributions for license plates.
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