State

• AG adds staff, contacts on open records law, Springfield State Journal-Register
• Candidate files for injunction against Thomson prison transfer, Daily Herald

Central Illinois

• Local bankruptcy filings rise in 2009, Springfield State Journal-Register

Chicago area

• The Professor and the Prosecutor: Anita Alvarez's office turns up the heat on David Protess' Medill Innocence Project, Chicago Magazine
• Church leader sued over Frankfort mansion deal, Chicago Tribune
• Deloitte & Touche wins lawsuit against former Chicago-based executive, Chicago Business

Northern Illinois

• Jury selection begins in Reid murder trial, Quad-City Times

Southern Illinois

• Martins tried to hire two people for murder, documents allege, The Southern