Extra, Extra
By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jun 30, 2009 10:00PM
- The state budget doomsday is nigh: Gov. Quinn - in a speech to the General Assembly today - promised to veto the "half-baked" budget proposal that's most likely going to be sent to him before tonight's midnight deadline.
- A judge sentenced a corrupt former cop to 11 years in prison and exclaimed, “In this city, it seems to me we are bombarded by stories and cases and prosecutions of police misconduct."
- Spider-Man, Spider-Man, stealing whatever a Spidey can.
- Both the state and city will receive millions in federal funding designated to keep public health clinics open and help them improve their facilities.
- The debate over what to do with the Lakefront property continues.
- "The University of Chicago: Where Fun Comes To Die" [via Gapers Block]