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State panel vote paves way for sale of Thomson Correctional Center to federal government
Tribune reporterA panel of state lawmakers recommended closing a little-used prison in northwest Illinois on Wednesday, giving Gov. Pat Quinn political cover to sell the facility to the Obama administration to house terrorism suspects now held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....Tags: Local Elections, Executive Branch, White House, Government, Republican Party
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Tiger let me down, too, and other reflections on the year that was
Change of SubjectMy worst prediction for 2010 was, and I quote, "A highly focused Tiger Woods will win at least seven PGA tournaments." As it happened, a highly erratic Tiger Woods won zero tournaments this year. I also predicted that former Bolingbrook...... -
No bids at Thomson prison auction
Clout StPosted by Monique Garcia at 11:17 a.m. The state’s effort to sell the Thomson Correctional Center hit a snag today when no one showed up to bid on the prison located along the Illinois-Iowa border. The Federal Bureau of Prisons...... -
Blagojevich hires 208 guards with no prison to guard
Associated Press SPRINGFIELD — Just weeks after Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced hundreds of layoffs because of state budget woes, his administration hired 208 prison guards who don't have a prison to guard. The Department of Corrections hired...Tags: Career and Workplace, Executive Branch, Government, Rod Blagojevich, Employees
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A 'Gitmo North' to open in rural Illinois?
Top of the TicketMaybe this is a new form of torture -- forcing terrorist suspects to trade the idyllic weather of Cuba for the harsh realities of winter in the heartland. That's not the reason, of course, that the Obama administration is planning...... -
Obama administration plans to move Guantanamo Bay detainees to Illinois state prison
Comments BlogThe federal government will house up to 100 of the detainees currently being held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a nearly empty Illinois state prison. The Obama administration plans to announce today that the government...... -
Whereas at last Obama officially publishes said memo creating Gitmo North in Illinois of all places
Top of the TicketFull text of Democrat president's historic memo with accompanying commentary in same style.... -
Illinois to take Gitmo detainees
Tribune NewspapersWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has directed the federal government to buy the near-empty state prison in rural Thomson, Ill., to house federal inmates and up to 100 detainees from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said...Tags: Barack Obama, Prisoners and Detainees, Lisa Madigan, White House, Republican Party
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Gitmo in heartland?
Tribune reportersTHOMSON, Ill. -- President Barack Obama's idea of moving suspected terrorists from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to a northwest Illinois prison may face its biggest opposition hundreds of miles away in Washington. On Saturday, residents and leaders...Tags: Barack Obama, Prisoners and Detainees, Executive Branch, White House, Crimes
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Illinois the next Gitmo?
![A near-empty prison in rural Illinois has emerged as "a leading option" to house suspected terrorists currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an Obama administration official said Friday.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-11/50489349-13211142.jpg "A near-empty prison in rural Illinois has emerged as "a leading option\" to house suspected terrorists currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an Obama administration official said Friday.")
Tribune newspapersA near-empty prison in rural Illinois has emerged as "a leading option" to house suspected terrorists currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an Obama administration official said Friday. As they work to shutter the controversial detention center,...Tags: Barack Obama, Prisoners and Detainees, Executive Branch, Government, Republican Party
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Quinn says it's unlikely Gitmo detainees coming to Illinois prison
Clout StPosted by Monique Garcia at 12:30 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn today acknowledged that it's "less likely" Guantanamo Bay detainees will be moved to a northwest Illinois prison after a U.S. House panel on Thursday approved a defense bill that would...... -
Obama's budget: $3.8 trillion, w/ a prison
The Swampby Mark Silva, updated at 9:15 am and 11:25 am EST President Barack Obama today will propose a new, $3.8 trillion federal budget that boosts spending in some areas, such as education and job-creation, but cuts spending elsewhere. It also......Tags: Barack Obama, Peter Orszag, White House, Petroleum Industry, Cuba
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