Cap City | Thursday, September 20,2012

UNION BAD, GATEHOUSE GOOD

Since acquiring the State Journal-Register five years ago, GateHouse Media has eliminated the newsroom copy desk, ceased printing operations, outsourced jobs overseas, put its building up for sale and

Cap City | Thursday, September 13,2012

DOLLARS FOR DNA

By Cap City

It was only a few months ago that the former Downstate Illinois Innocence Project expanded its focus statewide and became the Illinois Innocence Project. Adding partners at the three public law school

Cap City | Thursday, September 13,2012

COUNTY WINS ONE

By Cap City

Sangamon County has prevailed in one chapter of a lawsuit filed by the estate of a man who died nearly five years ago after a struggle with guards in the county jail.U.S. District Court Judge Sue Myer

Cap City | Thursday, August 16,2012

THE POWER OF THE PRESS

By Cap City

OK, we admit it.We lied.Land of Lincoln Goodwill Industries has not bought out Walgreens, or Family Video for that matter. Goodwill president and CEO Sharon Durbin does not have a penthouse office at

Cap City | Thursday, August 16,2012

SPARC IS HOT

By Cap City

We’re a huge fan of Sparc, the organization dedicated to helping the developmentally disabled in Springfield with housing, employment and recreational activities.But not the kind of fan Sparc ne

Cap City | Thursday, August 9,2012

CANDY CRUSADE

By Cap City

For those of us with a sweet tooth, no excuse is needed to make us buy candy. Chocolate-covered peanuts are particularly persuasive. But for those blessed with self-control when it comes to sweets, th

Cap City | Thursday, August 9,2012

RESCUE VEHICLE

By Cap City

Prisons need vans to transport inmates so they won’t escape. In Hillsboro, animal lovers want a van to help get dogs and cats out of lockup and save them from the executioner’s needle.Foun

Cap City | Thursday, August 2,2012

FISCAL FIGHTERS

By Cap City

Members of a Springfield activist group held a sit-in this week at U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson’s office to protest tax breaks that they say benefit only the very wealthy. While Johnson’s current

Cap City | Wednesday, August 1,2012

GET IN LINE

By Cap City

A legal spat between THR & Associates and the public-television station that produces Antiques Roadshow is starting to get, well, old.WGBH, the television station based in Boston, was back in fede

Cap City | Thursday, July 26,2012

SUMMER SUSTENANCE

By Cap City

For kids, summer usually means lazy days filled with swimming, riding bikes, and staying up late. But for too many kids, summer can also mean hunger. When kids aren’t in school, they aren’