U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) successfully shepherded legislation to update the etworking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program through the House last week.
John Baldwin, the director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, recently wrote a letter to the editor of the Canton Daily Ledger urging state Sen. David Koehler (D-46th) to challenge the leaders of the Democratic Party to pass a state budget to fund prisons.