More than 50 unwanted infants have been turned over to authorities in Illinois during the eight years the Safe Haven law has been in effect.
But 58 others were illegally abandoned – 28 of whom were discovered lifeless.
All 50 states and the District of Columbia have Safe Haven laws with the time for legal relinquishment ranging from three days to one year.
Click on the following for more details: Safe Haven law extended | Daily Chronicle
You may have seen this morning that CNN picked up a story out of Fort Wayne, Ind., on a new salt being used to melt ice on roadways, in parking lots, and other places where snow and ice pose a hazard.
Magic Salt starts out as ordinary rock salt, which is then treated with a liquid, agricultural by-product of the distilling process blended with magnesium chloride. This patented liquid is trademarked as Magic Minus Zero and dramatically transforms rock salt into a new de-icing material.
Magic Minus Zero is a highly effective de-icing agent made from a patented blend of magnesium chloride and condensed distiller solubles. It is non-toxic, bio-degradable and has a corrosion index lower than distilled water.
Magic Salt is safer to use on concrete, is less corrosive, may not harm curbside grassed areas or plants, and continues to melt ice to below -35F° if used as directed.
Click on the following for more details on this product: About Magic Salt - The most highly effective ice melting product
The government’s stake in GMAC, which handles financing for customers and dealers of both General Motors and Chrysler, will rise to 56 percent, from 35 percent.
Cerberus Capital Management, the private equity firm that bought a majority stake in GMAC in 2006 and later briefly owned Chrysler, now will hold 14.9 percent of GMAC. Third-party lenders will own 12.2 percent, and 16.6 percent will be owned or managed indirectly by G.M.,
Click on the following for more details: Treasury to Give $3.8 Billion More to GMAC in a Third Taxpayer Bailout - NYTimes.com
The government now owns majority ownership stakes in those three firms, General Motors and insurance giant American International Group. It also holds large stakes in Citigroup and Chrysler.
The additional aid for GMAC underscores both its struggles and its importance to the administration's efforts to revive the auto industry. GMAC, which already has taken $12.5 billion in direct federal aid along with other forms of government support,
U.S. takes majority stake in GMAC, giving lender $3.8 billion more in aid - washingtonpost.com
resident fishing license will climb to $14.50 from $12.50. Deer permits, which have sold for $15 each in recent years, will now sell for $25. Small game permits will go to $12, up from $7.
A 2006 minivan, if you can find one, will probably cost you $600 or $700 more than a year ago."
Two years ago, our sales would be maybe 70 percent new, 30 percent used," Grady said. "Now it's more like 50-50."
used cars are gradually starting to become more available, and their prices have begun to stabilize or even fall, dealers agree
Used-car market taking big hit from Clunkers :: The Courier News :: Local News
The fact that 46 million people in this country have no health insurance should be intolerable. Every other major industrial country guarantees health coverage to its citizens, yet the United States, the richest of them all, does not.
Click on the following for the complete opinion: Editorial - The Case for Reform - NYTimes.com
commissioner of the housing authority for a five-year term that would expire January 2015; member of the sanitary district board of trustees for a term that would expire May 1, 2012; and member of the Boone County Regional Planning Commission for a term that would expire Dec. 31, 2011.
Boone County looks to fill vacant board positions - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star
Elmhurst-based Brown's Chicken & Pasta Tuesday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which allows it to financially reorganize while temporarily shielded from its creditors' claims. Brown's 39 area outlets, all but three of which are owned by franchisees, remain open for business.
Click on the following for more details: Brown's Chicken files for Chapter 11 - chicagotribune.com
Crusader Community Health received $5,342,337 in grant funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to construct a new site in Loves Park and continue renovation of unused space at the existing Crusader Community Health on Broadway-Uram Building.
serves multiple counties in northern Illinois including Boone, Winnebago and Stephenson, and provides care to more than 40,000 individual patients annually in our region.
Click on the following for more of the story: Crusader Community Health receives $5.3 million in Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds | The Rock River Times
