Local Senate Democrats Will Accept Burris by Gary Kopycinski on January 7, 2009 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Prairie State College Announces Fall 2023 Part-Time Honors List April 29, 2024 Prairie State College Announces Fall 2023 Dean’s List April 29, 2024 A Community Rebuilds: Volunteers Renovate Homes for Park Forest Residents April 27, 2024 The news is coming in from many sources. Senate Democrats plan to accept Roland Burris for President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant seat. This is the right thing to do at this point. There are huge issues congress must contend with.