(AP) — The Jackson Post Office has been renamed to honor a local police officer killed in the line of duty. The Jackson Citizen Patriot (http://bit.ly/13lhCM9) reports the Officer James Bonneau Memorial Post Office is now the second memorial in the city that's been renamed after the 26-year-old officer. Walberg …
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The Illinois Policy Institute, which bills itself as an independent government watchdog, has said the state of Illinois should be ashamed by the latest figures regarding how many people rely on food stamps. More: continued here
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