Foreclosures; shadow inventory in Chicago - chicagotribune.com

Given the current sales volume, it would take the Chicago area 16 months to sell the traditional and distressed inventory on the market. That doesn't include the so-called shadow inventory of homes with delinquent mortgages, those in foreclosure and homes that have been repossessed by banks but have not been listed for sale

information provider CoreLogic said it would take more than 30 months for the Chicago area to work through its supply of distressed housing, including those homes in shadow inventory.

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Attorney general's office probes fish kill near Mansfield | News-Gazette.com

Mansfield is in Platt County and is part of the Champaign-Urbana SMSA

The EPA referred the case to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan in early October, according to agency spokesman Scott Mulford.

"After discussions with them we jointly decided it was the best course of action," Mulford said.

The agency's investigation led to field tile in the area. Mulford declined to say who or what business was responsible for the spill or what pollutant killed the fish. Earlier this fall the EPA said the likely source of the pollution was the Stone Ridge Dairy, an approximately 3,000-cow facility near Mansfield and Bellflower, northwest of Mahomet.

The Stone Ridge Dairy does not have a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, according to the Illinois EPA. The agency has come under scrutiny by environmental groups and the U.S. EPA for its administration of the NPDES program that regulates what are called point sources, including confined animal facilities such as the Mansfield dairy.

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Pat Mattison, Guest Columnist

The following is taken from today’s Register Star, page 7a.  The portions of the Boone County 2011 Budget which Mr. Mattison references are available at the end on posting of November 19:  http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2010/11/2011-boone-county-budget-passes-by.html