A new report suggests that the city of Chicago has not fully kept
track of some of its patients amid the closing of mental health
clinics.
The study released this week by the AFSCME Council 31
public employees union and the Mental Health Movement coalition finds
that on March 1 the city counted 3,282 patients using Chicago Department
of Public Health, or CDPH, mental health services.
By July 24, following the April closing of six the city's 12 CDPH mental health clinics, the number of patients dropped to 2,798. Read more »
The Illinois House Revenue Committee 
Miles south of Springfield, much less Chicago, the 59th district
state senate race at the southern tip of Illinois between incumbent
Democrat Gary Forby (pictured) and Republican challenger Mark Minor is often a
contest of who can best criticize Gov. Pat Quinn, the state’s Democratic
governor who hails from the Windy City.
Gov. Pat Quinn scored a big victory Friday in his plan to balance
the state budget. Arbitrator Steve Biereg ruled that the state acted
reasonably in the June ordering of the shut down of seven different
corrections and juvenile justice facilities.
The following was written by Anders Lindall, spokesman for AFSCME Council 31, in response to the 