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Rutherford discusses advantages of College Illinois!
PONTIAC, IL –
Central Illinois residents are being urged to take
advantage of College Illinois!, a 529 prepaid
tuition program that enables families to lock in prices
at today’s rates, according to State Senator Dan
Rutherford (R-Pontiac).
College Illinois! is available to anyone wanting
to assist students who plan on pursuing higher
education. The program keeps pace with increases in
tuition and fees equal to those found at in-state public
universities. Families can purchase as little as one
semester or up to nine-semesters of higher education.
Different payment options are available, including
monthly and yearly installments.
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Rutherford looks back at the 2009 historic impeachment and
conviction of Gov. Blagojevich: The One Year Anniversary
In the year
since Governor Rod Blagojevich was removed from office,
many things still have not changed in the State Capitol.
Rod Blagojevich’s removal from
office is proof positive that the Illinois State
Constitution works. Fifty-nine Illinois Senators worked
in concert, through a fair and deliberative process, to
help restore the public’s confidence.
During the course of the trial, I
provided YouTube video updates that were warmly received
by Illinois citizens. Please
click here
to view these updates and to see a video montage
covering the entire Impeachment Tribunal.
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Ill. prisons incorrectly
reported early release inmates, have added names -
AP January 22, 2010
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.
(AP) - A botched early prison-release plan continues to
haunt Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn.
Quinn's Corrections Department acknowledges it
underreported the number of inmates released early in a
plan known as "MGT Push."
Corrections updated its list -- with 27 new names --
Thursday night after inquiries from The Associated Press
about some offenders.
Corrections now says 1,745 inmates were released early.
MGT Push involved dropping a minimum-stay requirement
and giving inmates months of good-conduct time off their
sentences immediately. Scores served three weeks or less
total time -- including county jail.
Corrections spokeswoman Januari Smith says an antiquated
computer system is to blame. A program run to find the
parolees after Quinn stopped the early release practice
didn't catch all of those who should have been included.
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By CHRIS YOUNG (chris.young@sj-r.com)
The chicks were so small they were barely noticeable
underfoot.
Only the slight rustling of matted prairie grass and
some muffled peeps kept the hiking boot suspended above
the ground in midstep.
For a moment they were visible, running in a single-file
line between clumps of grass. Their mother followed
close behind.
In an instant they disappeared back into the protective,
waving arms of the tall grass at Long Branch State
Nature Preserve near Havana.
Long Branch has what a lot of Illinois does not: habitat
for birds such as the Northern bobwhite (better known as
quail to upland bird hunters).
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Area
legislators listen to annual State of the State address
SPRINGFIELD, IL
– State Senator Dan Rutherford (R-Pontiac), and
State Representatives Shane Cultra (R-Onarga) and Keith
Sommer (R-Morton) were in attendance for the annual
State of the State address on Jan. 13.
The three area legislators expressed their frustrations
that the Governor’s address lacked crucial details about
how to deal with the state’s mounting fiscal crisis.
Pictured left to right: Representative Cultra, Senator
Rutherford and Representative Sommer.
State of the State audio file with Senator Rutherford
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