7am News, Sports and Obits

Latest WGIL news
Click to play or
Right click and "Save Target As" to download
Click for Galesburg, Illinois Forecast
Home - Cancellations - Community Events - Contact Us - Mornings - News - Obituaries - Pictures - Programs - Special Events Audio - Sports - Weather
State's Chief Justice Urges Probation Cuts Rollback
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois' chief justice is calling state probation services funding "dangerously inadequate."

Thomas Fitzgerald of the state Supreme Court is asking Gov. Pat Quinn to roll back a 44 percent cut in funding for county probation services.

For 65 probation departments throughout the state, the Supreme Court reimburses as much as 65 percent of the officers' salaries.

Fitzgerald said the court's funding in the 2010 state budget was $36.5 million, or about $30 million less than in previous years.

Officials in populous Madison County, near St. Louis, said earlier this month the cuts would force the layoff of as many as 30 officer, or nearly half the entire staff.

Quinn is still trying to balance the budget he negotiated with lawmakers and has pledged further cuts.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
09 09 09 by Newsroom
News management powered by Xpression News

Click here for the WGIL News Archive

Click here for national news

The following provision applies to all visitors (which shall include persons and representatives of legal entities, whether such representatives are persons or digital engines of a kind that crawls, indexes, scrapes, copies, stores or transmits digital content). By accessing this Web site or digital service, you specifically acknowledge and agree that: (i) Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium; (ii) No Associated Press materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use; (iii) The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing; (iv) The Associated Press is an intended third party beneficiary of these terms and conditions and it may exercise all rights and remedies available to it; and (v) The Associated Press reserves the right to audit possible unauthorized commercial use of AP materials or any portion thereof at any time.