In the News ~ Jan. 5 | IEANEA
Springfield State Journal Register – elementary school. This begs the question: Why not ask Ball Charter School to expand? It’s a question that the charter school’s staff is beginning to consider and one that the Springfield school board will have to approve. Some skeptics of Ball’s results — who are often cynical of charter schools in general — have been dismissive of the school’s success
U-46 to swap high school courses Streator Times-Press – Q. When will the final version of the recent collective bargaining between the Ottawa Township High School Board of Education and the OTHS education association be placed on the OTHS Web site per state law? A. Administrators at OTHS said the administration and the union are still reviewing the final draft to make sure all the language
Decatur WAND (NBC) 17 – Republican candidate for governor Bill Brady is keeping up the pressure on Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn over a prison early-release program. The state senator from Bloomington wants Quinn to fire his Department of Corrections chief. Brady has scheduled a Tuesday press conference to talk about it. Quinn and prison chief Michael Randle have been under fire over a secret policy
Brady: Somebody’s Lying, Quinn or Prisons Director NBC Chicago - Pat Quinn should fire his state prisons director over an inmate early release program, according to the Chicago Tribune. When initially confronted with the …
Quinn must own up to prison mistake Springfield State Journal Register – Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has rejected a call from his Democratic primary opponent that more information be released about the 1,700 inmates secretly released early from state prison. Comptroller Dan Hynes says Quinn owes the public “a full accounting,” including the reason they were serving time in the first place. Some of the inmates have already been sent back for new
POLITICAL ASYLUM: Releases and resolutions Chicago Defender - Pat Quinn pointed the finger elsewhere on an early prisoner release controversy, while his opponents pointed it right back at him. …
