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In Illinois

By Steve Hall

Today's Chicago Tribune carries the OpEd, "Illinois can't afford its death penalty system."  It written by Betsy Wilson, an attorney in Illinois.Illinois is broke. Comptroller Dan Hynes announced that the state is currently unable to pay more than $5 billion of its bills. That includes $1 billion promised to public schools and preschool programs, and nearly $800 million owed to universities and community colleges. Local school districts are considering massive layoffs. Substance-abuse clinics are near closure. Organizations that perform vital services are going under because the state cannot pay its bills. People are suffering.Gubernatorial candidates disagree over whether we should raise taxes to cover these expenses...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 22, 2010 (boomark / email).