That’s all, folks

Chris Britt leaves the State Journal-Register

Chris Britt sounds like crap.What started out two weeks ago as a bad cold has morphed into pneumonia, and his words come as croaks between coughs. The career of the State Journal-Register’

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News | Thursday, January 26,2012

Email-gate

UIS faculty leader leaked information to president’s chief of staff who resigned

By Bruce Rushton

While a brouhaha over anonymous emails has resulted in the resignation of a top aide to University of Illinois president Michael Hogan, there have been no apparent consequences for a University of Ill

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News | Thursday, January 26,2012

Municipal pensions eat more, but they’re still hungry

By Bruce Rushton

Whether the city of Springfield is facing a pension crisis in police and firefighter retirement systems depends on who’s doing the talking. Mayor Mike Houston and Bill McCarty, director of

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News | Thursday, January 26,2012

Chris Britt laid off

By Bruce Rushton

Chris Britt, editorial cartoonist for the State Journal-Register, has been fired. Britt was let go this morning.“I was just informed,” Britt said.

News | Thursday, January 19,2012

SJ-R to lay off copy editors

By Bruce Rushton

As many as 10 newsroom employees at the State Journal-Register will lose their jobs as the newspaper’s parent company struggles to cut costs in the face of towering debt.Publisher Walt Lafferty

News | Thursday, January 19,2012

Despite malpractice payouts, sheriffs still use jail doctor

By Bruce Rushton

More than $1 million has been paid out in Illinois since 2010 to settle lawsuits filed against Dr. Stephen A. Cullinan, a Peoria physician who has been sued dozens of times for substandard care in jai

News | Tuesday, January 17,2012

Paper cuts

By Bruce Rushton

As many as ten newsroom employees at the State Journal-Register will lose their jobs as the newspaper’s parent company struggles to cut costs in the face of towering debt.Publisher Walt Lafferty

News | Friday, January 13,2012

Jail guard accused of kicking inmate

By Bruce Rushton

A veteran Sangamon County jail guard could face dismissal and a criminal conviction after his second charge of excessive force since 2009.It’s not clear why Robert Redpath, 44, wasn’t char

News | Thursday, January 12,2012

Fighting for exoneration of a convict long dead

By Bruce Rushton

A veteran cop. A reporter. Students bent on exposing flaws in the criminal justice system.An unusual alliance has teamed up to prove the system got it wrong three decades ago when Grover Thompson, a m

Health & Fitness | Thursday, January 5,2012

The business of fitness

Springfield is saturated with great places to work out. That’s good for your bottom line.

By Bruce Rushton

Old city directories and phone books tell the story.Thirty years ago, fewer than five health centers, fitness clubs, gymnasiums – pick a noun – did business in Springfield. Twenty years ag