Amid Flu Outbreak In Illinois Prison, Inmates Not Being Tested For COVID-19
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Amid Flu Outbreak In Illinois Prison, Inmates Not Being Tested For COVID-19

ByIPM News

Update: This story was updated at 1:35 p.m. Friday, March 13, 2020 to state that the Illinois Department of Corrections is not currently testing individuals in the prison system for COVID-19. URBANA – A group of educators who work inside Illinois’ prison system are urging Gov. J.B. Pritzker to release elderly and sick inmates from…

Bennett, Other Lawmakers, Voice Concern About “Rape In Champaign” Email
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Bennett, Other Lawmakers, Voice Concern About “Rape In Champaign” Email

ByJim Meadows

State lawmakers are reacting with alarm to a recently released email that refers to the cover-up of a quote “rape in Champaign”. State Senator Scott Bennett, a Champaign Democrat, says he was shocked and angered by the WBEZ report of a 2012 email from then-lobbyist Michael McClain to two aides in the administration of then-governor…