The Rev. Dr. Denver Bitner, LSSI president, was interviewed on the impact of state budget cuts on human services for an Illinois Radio Network story, which aired on affiliate stations throughout Illinois on July 2. Stations that aired the story, "Social Services Suffer Harsh Budget Cuts," included WBBM (Chicago),WGIL (Galesburg) and WBGZ (Alton).
Cuts to the state budget also was the subject of an Illinois Statehouse News story, "Plenty of Fear Ahead of Quinn Budget Announcement" that was posted on June 30. It was picked up by a number of media outlets around the state, including the June 30 Alton Telegraph and the July 1 QuadCities Online (Moline), Northwest Herald (McHenry), DeKalb County Chronicle, Lincoln Daily News, Chester (Ill.) News and in the July 5 Metro-East Journal. Sound bites/quotes from David Jensen, COO of LSSI, were part of the story.
The June 21 edition of the online TribLocal for Des Plaines, Lindenhurst and Lake Villa editions posted an article, "LSSI Names Aigner, Hallberg as Presidents Emeriti." The story notes that the two former LSSI presidents were recognized for their leadership and contributions to the statewide human services agency. Hallberg led LSSI for 16 years, from 1980 through 1996, and Aigner was president from 1997 until early 2009.
