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Governor resists, but does not rule out, calls to close Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center after investigation

Cory Newland was charged after the South Bend Tribune and ProPublica obtained a video showing two officers retaliating at a suspect who spat at them.

By Beth Hundsdorfer, Capitol News Illinois

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Lee Enterprises, along with Capitol News Illinois.

Consequences are few as reports of heinous abuse continue at Choate facility in Anna.

Federal and state officials have urged reforms at the rural facility for people with mental and developmental disabilities. But the state-run center still has more allegations of abuse and neglect than any other in Illinois.

The 24-year-old with developmental disabilities was brutally beaten by his caretakers inside a state-run facility with a long history of patient abuse.

A Superior Court judge in New Jersey has thrown out a state law granting Atlantic City’s casinos tens of millions of dollars in tax breaks, saying that the measure was passed on dubious grounds and violated the state Constitution.

Colorado state regulators no longer have the authority to look into complaints about unexplained price hikes, shadowy elections or fraud.

PolitiFact article on Nikki Frieds baseless allegations about PB Post reporters.