President Barack Obama released his $3.8-trillion fiscal 2011 federal budget that he'll propose to Congress and it includes money to buy Thomson Correctional Center. The budget has $237 million set aside for the purchase of the prison which would hold around 100 detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay once it's closed as well as other federal prisoners. The Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet reports: more ›

An announcement will be made later today that President Obama has given the go-ahead for the federal government to purchase the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois to hold federal inmates and some detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay. Gov. Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will be in Washington, D.C. today to meet with officials over details of the acquisition. Both have supported the move which they claim could create over 3,500 jobs. The Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet, who indicated over the weekend this move was coming, reports: more ›

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