State Senate President John Cullerton has returned the SUV that his son, Garritt Cullerton, was driving when he was arrested in April for DUI. The SUV was a 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid, one of three state-owned cars Cullerton is responsible for, and was transferred to the state's Department of Central Management Services today. In a statement, Cullerton's office said: “It is our hope that the vehicle can be obtained by one of the many state agencies that has expressed a need for a vehicle but has been unable to proceed due to the state budget crisis." more ›

• The State Senate rejected the bill that would have allowed school districts to adopt a four-day school week.
• Adieu: Dorothy Brown's "Jeans Day" fund.
• The Garritt Cullerton fiasco has Gov. Quinn calling for a review of the use of state-owned vehicles.

After this weekend's DUI arrest for Garritt Cullerton, son of state senate president John Cullerton, there's been a bit more digging and it turns out Garritt has been pulled over a number of times in recent years for a variety of offenses. According to the Tribune: more ›

Illinois State Senate President John Cullerton is having a rough start to his week as his son Garritt, 26, was arrested over the weekend, cited for DUI in his father's state-issued SUV. Police pulled him over in the 800 block of North Dearborn just after midnight on Sunday and reported that Garritt had a BAC of .188, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08. According to a release by Cullerton's office: "A Senate vehicle assigned to the Senate President for official legislative business was used by his son without his authorization. The Senate President is disappointed that this incident occurred and takes this matter very seriously. He will work to ensure that this does not occur in the future." more ›