ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) — No Asian carp have been spotted so far in a Chicago canal during a massive fish kill aimed at trying to keep the giant fish out of the Great Lakes.
Environmental officials say that’s good news that may suggest the voracious fish hasn’t reached Lake Michigan yet.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making “inconsistent, misleading or incomplete” statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama. The committee recommended no action beyond the letter.
Burris was appointed by disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was impeached and driven from office after he was accused of trying to sell the Senate seat.
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Supreme Court will now decide whether George Ryan is left with no pension or collects nearly $60,000 annually for his years of government service that weren’t tied to the corruption conviction that landed him in federal prison.
A state pension board stripped Ryan of any pension benefits but an appeals court overturned part of that decision and said Ryan is entitled to a pension for the years not tied to his conviction.
The state appealed and the arguments played out this morning before the Illinois Supreme Court Justices.
Former Gov. Jim Thompson is again representing Ryan. He argued that each time someone is elected to office, it’s a new membership in the pension system. Therefore Ryan’s early years of service are still valid grounds for granting a pension, which would amount to roughly $5,000 a month — less than half what he’d have received if he’d never run afoul of the law.
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A DuPage County jury says Brian Dugan should be executed for the murder of Jeanne Nicarico.
CHICAGO — The jobless rate in Illinois increased to 10.5 percent in September after falling to 10 percent in August. The Illinois Department of Employment Security released new statewide figures on Friday.
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say gunman surrenders after hours barricaded in VA hospital.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security released figures Thursday showing the seasonally-adjusted statewide unemployment rate decreased 0.4 percent to 10 percent in August.
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: Sen. Roland Burris tells Democrats he will not run for full Senate term.
CHICAGO (AP) — Lisa Madigan says no to Senate, governor; will seek re-election as Ill. attorney general.
• On the first day of Illinois’ new fiscal year, Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed a major part of lawmakers’ budget proposal, leaving the state’s fiscal future mired in uncertainty. Quinn declared Tuesday he would not approve of “half-baked” budget that would require massive cuts to human service providers.
• Former Bradley Police Chief Donald Kufner walked away from the village on June 15 with $65,555 per his separation agreement, documents obtain through the FOI Act show.
• It’s the story Dennis Yohnka didn’t want to write — the one that tells of the closing of the Kankakee County Speedway. Find out more in his weekly column.
