CHAMPAIGN — Developers of the FutureGen project said Monday they have chosen an underground storage site in Morgan County for carbon dioxide generated by a western Illinois power plant they plan to refit with experimental low-emissions coal technology.
The FutureGen Alliance told The Associated Press it chose the spot over sites in Christian, Douglas and Fayette counties.
Click on the following for more details: FutureGen picks Jacksonville-area site for CO2 storage - DailyHerald.com
Illinois GOP Chairman Pat Brady is urging the Regional Transportation Authority to rescind its decision to hire the son-in-law of state House Speaker Mike Madigan as its new, $130,000-a-year chief lobbyist.
There are relatives who are qualified to hold a job, and this young man is one of them."
The RTA's spokeswoman had no further statement on the matter. On Friday, she described Mr. Matyas as "highly qualified."
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Police on Sunday decided not to enforce a 4 p.m. deadline for clearing the building so it could be cleaned.
As long as the estimated 4,000 demonstrators continued to obey the law, said Wisconsin Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs, there would be no need for arrests.
At the moment, it is hard to see how this ends without complete defeat for one side.
How long can Wisconsin protesters occupy the State Capitol? - CSMonitor.com
Monday night’s board meeting that they had received no feedback from residents about reducing coverage to the minimum required by law.
had been paying more than $100,000 a year for an extra 80 hours of patrol each week from two deputies
Police reports show they’re doing normal county business,” member Ronald Quimby said. “I don’t think the cost is justified.” He added that he thought Neighborhood Watch programs are “serving a function, making people more aware” of problems around them.
Click on the following for more details: Residents quiet over canceling county sheriff’s patrol
In February, 1988, Walker admitted violating Marquette campaign rules during his run for student government president and the Marquette Tribune deemed him "unfit" for office after finding Walker's campaign guilty of "mudslinging," and after reports that his campaign was throwing out copies of the paper that contained information damaging to Walker.
Walker left the university not long afterward.
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The following editorial was submitted and published by both the Rockford Register Star and the Boone County Journal. Below is the RR Star publication. Click on the photocopy to enlarge.
263 different systems for tracking money, including many that are old and incompatible, according to a report Thursday.
What private company with revenues of $33 billion wouldn’t have a unified accounting system?”
report did not estimate how much the financial systems cost the state because of errors or confusion. But auditors did note that 17 percent of agencies provided figures on what it costs to enter duplicate data in different systems. The cost just for that portion of state government was $11.3 million
Click on the following for more details: State audit rips archaic accounting systems - Courier News
