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Abortion-rights activists attended the Committee vote wearing shirts and buttons saying, "Women are not livestock." Colleen Connell, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois, clarified, "The voters of Illinois do not endorse this radical agenda. Voters recently rejected a gubernatorial candidate with a solid, anti-abortion record because they want the state's leadership to focus on fixing the budget and creating jobs." Read the whole thing! Missed the fun in Springfield? Join us Wednesday, March 23rd for a rally in Naperville, home of the chief sponsor of the anti-abortion legislation.

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For much of the past two decades, the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center has been considered a prime example of what is wrong with the nation’s juvenile justice system. Three times in the last 10 years, federal court actions have taken aim at patronage, overcrowding and unhealthy and unsafe conditions.Earl Dunlap, who became the jail’s transitional administrator in 2007, said he was combating an entrenched culture of mismanagement. He has worked to address the problems, in part by firing 100 workers and hiring 400 new guards and staff members. Since February, he also has faced the added pressure of knowing that a pending federal court ruling could undo much

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