How Illinois' first lady and Willette Benford are giving second chances to women leaving prison
CBS News contributor David Begnaud shows how Willette Benford, who spent 24 years in prison, is working with Illinois first ...
Illinois first lady, woman who spent over 20 years in prison form unlikely alliance
CBS News contributor David Begnaud shows how Willette Benford, who spent 24 years in prison, is working with Illinois first ...
First Lady of Illinois and former inmate team up for criminal justice reform
Illinois First Lady MK Pritzker and Willette Benford, who spent 24 years in prison, have formed a powerful alliance to ...
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Jim Edgar hopes to beat pancreatic cancer: ‘But to be very truthful, if it ended tomorrow, I've had a great life’
Bruce Rauner during the state’s nearly three-year budget impasse. Former Illinois first lady Brenda Edgar answers reporters’ questions as former Gov. Jim Edgar wipes tears during an ...
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Lincoln’s Civil War order to block Confederate ports donated to Illinois by governor and first lady
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The document in which Abraham Lincoln set in motion the Union’s military response to the launch of the U.S. Civil War is now among Illinois’ prized papers of the ...