AltWeeklies Wire
Creator of Anti-Kerry Documentary Had Troubled Careernew
Sinclair Broadcast Group is ordering its 62 stations to air an anti-John Kerry documentary next week. The producer, Carlton Sherwood, created another controversial report 20 years ago that resulted in his TV station issuing a retraction.
Illinois Times |
John K. Wilson |
10-15-2004 |
Media
Life Interrupted: Japanese Americans in Arkansas during World War IInew
At a conference in Little Rock, elderly Japanese Americans and political leaders gathered to examine the Japanese-American experience at concentration camps in Arkansas during World War II.
Illinois Times |
Yoshimi Yoshimura Golden |
10-15-2004 |
Policy Issues
Fate of Illinois's Natural Resources Increasingly Falls on Volunteersnew
An environmental group has released what is widely being hailed as the most comprehensive inventory of natural areas ever compiled in central Illinois. The group's efforts come at a time when the administration of Gov. Rod Blagojevich is hacking away at the state's conservation efforts.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
10-08-2004 |
Environment
Bar Owner Faces Hearing for Ejecting Lesbiansnew
The owner of Bob's Butternut Hut is on the hot seat. He's the first person to face a hearing in Springfield, Ill., for violation of a ban that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
09-23-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Mayor Fudges Numbers to Explain Minority Employment Ratenew
The city of Springfield, Ill., finally coughed up public records about city employment. Mayor Tim Davlin resorts to obfuscation to explain the shrinking percentage of minority employees.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
09-23-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Candace Gingrich Addresses Keyes, Cheneynew
Gingrich is the half-sister of former Republican U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich. As a spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay and lesbian political organization, she's embarking on a get-out-the-vote campaign for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
09-10-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Labor Day: Remembering the Stugglenew
Illinois remembers the working-class heroes who fought for the eight-hour day, the Workers Compensation Act and the law requiring children to finish elementary school before going to work.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
09-02-2004 |
Business & Labor
Illinois Social Services Brace for Homeless Increasenew
Springfield's social service providers are bracing
themselves for what they predict will be a significant spike in the area's homeless population this winter. But for some agencies the crisis is already at hand.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
08-26-2004 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Screener of Firefighters Is on Board of Anti-Gay Groupnew
Dr. Michael Campion, who gives psychological evaluations to applicants to a number of fire and police departments, doesn't mention in his curriculum vitae that he's on the board of the Illinois Family Institute. That organization says it is "dedicated to defending marriage, family, and the sanctity of life."
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
08-19-2004 |
LGBT
Right to a Speedy Trial Is an Illusion for Some Illinois Defendantsnew
Although the Constitution guarantees the right to a speedy trial, defendants in Cook County wait, on average, more than six months, and some in Sangamon County remain in jail two years or longer awaiting their turn in court.
Illinois Times |
Geri L. Dreiling |
08-19-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Dominican Sister Mourns Bombing of Cathedral in Iraqnew
Last December, Sister Beth Murphy attended a service in the cathedral that a car bombs reduced to rubble on Aug. 1. She has sent a message pleading for a new approach to the conflict to hundreds of leaders of the Dominican order.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
08-05-2004 |
International
Never Say Die: Woman Is Rearrested for Her Son's Murdernew
Despite a killer's confession and a successful appeal, Julie Rea-Harper
faces yet another trial for the brutal murder of her 10-year-old son.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
07-15-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Springfield Gets Serious about Recruiting Black Firefightersnew
When Cecil Taborn Jr. was hired to join the Springfield Fire Department, it was the first time in almost 15 years a black had been hired. The department, which has only three blacks out of 211
firefighters, is now making a greater effort to hire minorities.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
07-02-2004 |
Race & Class
Sound Patrolnew
AltWeeklies Award - Music Criticism
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
07-02-2004 |
Media
