Hackers 'hit city services' in US
Source: BBC
Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated 2012-02-13 14:49:02 -0800 | business-news
FBI says hackers hit key services in three US cities Hackers could, in theory, have turned off the lights on shoppers The infrastructure systems of three US cities have been attacked, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. At a...
Electronics banned from landfills beginning Jan. 1
Source: The Daily Herald
Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated 2012-01-30 16:24:27 -0800 | sports-news
A ban on disposing old computers and other electronics in the trash takes effect Jan. 1 in Illinois. Illinois residents will be required to take electronic devices to a registered recycler. The ban is part of a law that took...
Illinois bill requiring sex offenders to give DNA samples heads to Quinn's desk
Source: Belleville News-Democrat
Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated 2011-07-21 00:08:13 -0700 | political-news
Illinois legislators have passed a bill requiring sex offenders and people arrested for serious violent crimes to give DNA samples that will comprise a statewide DNA database...Supporters say the bill strengthens law enforcement by establishing a tool to investigate crime...
Johnson pushes first bill through Senate
Source: Daily Chronicle
Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated 2011-07-19 17:02:13 -0700 | political-news
Christine Johnson was pushing Tuesday to get her first measure she proposed as a state senator approved when she got a grilling from colleagues. The bill seeks to define baiting as it applies to white-tailed deer and wild turkeys, and...
Illinois hunters bag nearly 182,000 deer
Source: Belleville News-Democrat
Montpelier :: VT :: USA | updated 2011-03-21 03:02:00 -0700 | political-news
The deer season ended this week in Illinois and preliminary estimates are that hunters harvested nearly 182,000 deer. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday that this season's total is nearly 700 more deer than last season.
The Tucson Massacre and Our Future
Source: Truthout
Washington :: WA :: USA | updated 2011-03-14 22:34:38 -0700 | political-news
One group is made up of right-wing Republicans, Tea Party fanatics and extremist conservative talk show personalities. These people have, for too long now, been consciously creating an atmosphere in which illegal acts of intimidation and violence are mistaken for...
Video gaming stalled again
Source: Bureau County Republican
Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated 2010-11-15 20:07:40 -0800 | business-news
Bar patrons hoping to gamble on video gaming machines in Illinois may have to wait until next summer for the opportunity. For years, bars and establishments have had video machines, but state law has only allowed patrons to play games...
Ill. prison chief heads back to Ohio
Source: Daily Chronicle
Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated 2010-11-03 04:37:45 -0700 | political-news
The head of Illinois' prison agency is returning to Ohio to head a not-for-profit community correctional facility. Michael Randle resigned as director of the Illinois Department of Corrections Wednesday after months of criticism over a secret early release program of...
Report on prison-release program to be made public
Source: The Daily Herald
Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated 2010-10-13 23:41:43 -0700 | political-news
A report on a prison-release program that embarrassed Gov. Pat Quinn and became an issue in the race for governor will be made public today. Friday's report comes after Quinn asked a former appellate judge to review the program, which...
Head of Ill. Juvenile Justice Dept. resigns
Source: Daily Chronicle
Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated 2010-09-14 21:00:33 -0700 | political-news
The director of the Illinois agency that houses child criminals has turned in his resignation. In a letter to the governor, Kurt Friedenauer simply says he's leaving the Department of Juvenile Justice to pursue other career opportunities...Gov. Pat Quinn says...
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