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News | Sunday, May 5,2013
City council mulls criminal investigation
Attorney general may be asked to probe cops
Springfield aldermen are considering whether to ask attorney general Lisa Madigan to investigate the shredding of police internal affairs files to determine whether the cops broke the law. Und
News | Thursday, May 2,2013
We’re all losers in the War on Drugs
A new documentary chronicles a 40-year failed policy
The “War on Drugs” launched by President Richard Nixon in the 1970s has had a lasting effect on society that can be felt decades later. For many American families the War on Drugs ha
News | Thursday, May 2,2013
Ready, set, shred
City destroys police records
Springfield city council members want answers about the shredding of dozens of police department disciplinary files last week. This comes in the wake of an unexpected change in policy that shortened t
News | Thursday, May 2,2013
City sued again
Springfield faces lawsuit over police records
The destruction of more than 70 Springfield police internal affairs files has landed the city in court. Calvin Christian, a city resident who has twice sued the city in recent years seeking in
News | Wednesday, May 1,2013
Courting favor
Court reporters question handling of cases
On the night of Dec. 7, 2011, a Southern View police officer saw a vehicle run a stop sign and then belatedly stop in the middle of the road, right in front of his cruiser. The officer pulled th
News | Thursday, April 25,2013
School district seeks to rebuild trust
Board apologizes and accepts two resignations
The Springfield School Board took the first steps on Monday night toward rebuilding parents’ trust in the district, following the leak of test data from a besieged middle school. The board unani
News | Thursday, April 25,2013
The manufactured crisis over Illinois pensions
State pension funds have always carried unfunded liability
Practically everyone knows that Illinois’ public pension systems are only about 45 percent funded. But not everyone knows that 45 percent is actually an improvement over the 40 percent funding o
News | Thursday, April 25,2013
Chicago and Downstate live in two different gun worlds
Continuing gun violence in Chicago and the right to carry a concealed firearm are at the center of a heated debate in the Illinois House. Different social climates in Chicago and downstate Illinois ha
News | Tuesday, April 23,2013
Mayor plans fundraiser
Houston pledged one term
Springfield Mayor Mike Houston said he intended to be a one-term mayor when he ran for office two years ago.“My plan is to serve four years and actually deal with problems,” Houston told t
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