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Cellini sentenced to year and a day in shakedown plot
Tribune reporterSpringfield powerbroker William Cellini was sentenced to a year and day in prison today for his role in corruption tied to imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Cellini, 77, a longtime Republican lobbyist and fundraiser, had operated for years...Tags: Republican Party, Springfield, Trials, Lawyers, Punishment
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Puppy trainer to repay families of autistic children, under court agreement
The owner of a downstate dog training facility has agreed to refund thousands of dollars to families who were promised autism service dogs for their children but never received them, according to a consent judgment expected to be filed Thursday. The...
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WATCH: Prop 5 Campaigns Debate Face-to-Face For The First Time
Channel 2 NewsThe Proposition 5 debate over what's known as the Equal Rights Initiative has certainly been heated. But for all the back-and-forth between the Yes on 5 campaign, One Anchorage, and the No on 5 campaign, Protect Your Rights, representatives from the...Tags: Christianity, Ethics, Civil Rights, Gays and Lesbians, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Judge hears arguments in Catholic Charities case
Tribune reporterSPRINGFIELD -- A Sangamon County judge heard oral arguments today from lawyers representing four Catholic Charities agencies who urged him to prevent the state from severing a partnership that has provided publicly funded foster care and adoption services...Tags: Church and State Relations, Springfield, Lawyers, Christianity, Illinois
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Judge: State not required to renew contract with Catholic Charities
Tribune reporterA Sangamon County judge has ruled that the state can decline to renew its contract with Catholic Charities in Illinois to provide foster care and adoption services, meaning children can be transferred to other social service agencies. “No...Tags: Springfield, Lawyers, Christianity, Illinois, Joliet
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Regional school chiefs sue to get paid by state
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois' 44 regional school superintendents have gone to court to get paid by Gov. Pat Quinn.
The Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools filed a lawsuit in Sangamon County Friday seeking paychecks the Democratic...Tags: Trials, Politics, Illinois Governor, Government, Illinois
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Joseph McCoy
From the Kansas Historical Society:
Joseph McCoy was born December 21, 1837, in Sangamon County, Illinois, to David and Mary (Kirkpatrick) McCoy. McCoy spent a couple of years at Knox College in Galesburg. He married Sarah Epler on October 22, 1861. They...Tags: Union Pacific Corporation, Judges, Lawyers, Travel, Chicago Elections
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State will hold off cutting foster care to 2 religious agencies
Tribune reporterThe state will not immediately cut off foster care funding to Catholic Social Services of Southern Illinois or the Evangelical Child and Family Agency, despite concerns that both agencies discriminate against couples in civil unions and aren't protected...Tags: Church and State Relations, Protestantism, Springfield, Christianity, Gays and Lesbians
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Catholic Charities sue Illinois over foster rules
Tribune reporterLawyers for Catholic Charities in the dioceses of Springfield, Peoria and Joliet are seeking an emergency injunction that would protect religious agencies who turn away unmarried couples who want to become foster parents -- including couples in civil...Tags: Family, Springfield, Trials, Lawyers, Christianity
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Belleville Catholic Charities wants to join suit against state
TribLocal - Joliet » NewsCatholic Social Services of Southern Illinois has petitioned a Sangamon County judge to let them join a lawsuit against the state seeking protection from anti-discrimination …... -
Catholic Charities loses ruling on foster care
TribLocal - Joliet » NewsA Sangamon County judge ruled Thursday that the state can decline to renew its contracts with Catholic Charities in Illinois to provide publicly funded foster …... -
Judge: Illinois can drop Catholic Charities over discrimination
BoystownA judge in Sangamon County, Illinois has ruled that the state does not have to renew its foster and adoption contracts with Catholic Charities. Illinois ended the over $30 million dollars in annual contracts last month after Catholic Charities said it...
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