The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will be able to hire more veterans under new legislation signed into law. Governor Pat Quinn signed four veterans-related bills yesterday in honor of the Illinois State Fair's Veterans Day. One law allows the agency to hire more veterans as conservation police by waiving the four-year college requirement and goes into effect immediately. Another bill doubles the number of days allotted for military service-related hospital visits for some state employees from two to four days annually. The other laws deal with treatment records of veterans i
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn spent the morning of the Fourth of July signing three new laws affecting service members. Quinn says it's a fitting day to sign legislation that will, in his words, “make sure our heroes receive the services they need."
Our bodies have evolved to screen out bass sounds at low volumes... for good reason. If we didn't, you'd be hearing, your blood flow, your heart thumping, other organs making noise.
Today on NPR: The administration has created a "strange, secret trial in a way," by which it determines which suspected terrorists get marked for death, The New York Times' Scott Shane reports.
A Madisonville veterans’ memorial construction project is running over budget and behind schedule. The memorial at Day Lily Park was originally scheduled to be opened this past weekend.
