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Mt. Vernon City Council discusses annexation of industrial park property

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 19, 2016

The City of Mt. Vernon reviewed the pending annexation of property adjacent to the new industrial park to its city limits during the municipality’s recent City Council meeting.

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Bang for the buck?

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 19, 2016

Are Illinois public schools spending too much, delivering too little?

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Dist. 118 GOP House candidate: State Democrats' priorities out of whack

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 19, 2016

After Gov. Bruce Rauner's budget speech on Wednesday, Jason Kasiar, the Republican Dist. 118 state House candidate, called for change in state government.

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Carbondale ESD 95 elementary schools score below average despite above-average spending per student

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 19, 2016

The 2015 standardized test scores for Carbondale ESD 95’s Lewis School and Thomas School were below average despite the school district spending the most per student in the Southwest Illinois region, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

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GOP House candidate for 117th Dist. vows to provide budget solutions

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 19, 2016

Following Gov. Bruce Rauner’s budget address on Wednesday, David Severin, the GOP candidate for the 117th District state House seat, made a statement of his own.

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Waterloo Board of Police Commissioners to meet, discuss probationary patrolman eligibility list

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 18, 2016

Commissioners to review and discuss applications and testing procedures at Saturday's meeting.

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Carbondale Police Pension Board discusses lack of affidavit responses at recent meeting

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 18, 2016

The Carbondale Police Pension Board of Trustees discussed a lack of responses to a final affidavit during a recent meeting.

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Chicago Teachers Union enlisting downstate support in Springfield

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 18, 2016

Chicago's powerful teachers union donated to 29 state representatives and senators in 2015. But will they support the powerful union's call to shift school money to Chicago, away from downstate districts?

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City Council of Waterloo approves professional planning services agreement

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 18, 2016

The City Council of Waterloo recently released the detailed minutes from its meeting held in January, where the council discussed a variety of current issues.

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Chicago school funding by the numbers

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 18, 2016

BodyChicago Public Schools (CPS) are asking for a 25 percent increase in funding from Springfield, or nearly $4,000 more per student.

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Luechtefeld, Schimpf call on Madigan to put end to budget impasse following Rauner address

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 18, 2016

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner delivered his fiscal year 2017 budget address Wednesday afternoon from the State Capitol, emphasizing how devastating the budget stalemate has been to the state and reiterating that a tax hike will not solve Illinois’ financial crisis.

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Forby critical of Rauner budget while Fowler focuses on positives

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 18, 2016

Illinois state Sen. Gary Forby (D-Benton) criticized Gov. Bruce Rauner after his budget address on Wednesday for not taking enough action to solve the state's current budget stalemate.

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Carbondale Planning Commission discusses public parking at recent meeting

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 17, 2016

Members of the Carbondale Planning Commission discussed a public parking matter during a recent meeting.

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Students of the month mentioned at recent Pinckneyville board meeting

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 17, 2016

The Board of Education of Pinckneyville Community High School District #101 held a recent meeting, noting the outstanding accomplishments of their students of the month for November and December.

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Carbondale Sustainability Commission to meet Thursday, hear status report on Koppers site

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 17, 2016

The City of Carbondale, Illinois Sustainability Commission will hear the current status report on the former Koppers wood treating site at its meeting Thursday, Feb. 18 at 6 p.m. in Room 103 of City Hall, 200 S. Illinois Ave.

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CES 95 PR Committee to discuss highway sign placement on Thursday

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 17, 2016

The Public Relations Committee of the Carbondale Elementary School District 95 (CES95) will be meeting Thursday, Feb. 18 to discuss placement of district billboards at highway entrances to the city.

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Government pension costs fall on Illinois homeowners

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 17, 2016

Debt eating away at home values throughout state

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Columbia Committee of the Whole met, discussed mutual aid agreements and sign variances

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 17, 2016

EMS mutual aid agreements and sign variance requests were up for discussion at the recent Columbia Committee of the Whole meeting.

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Paul Schimpf opens campaign office in Waterloo

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 17, 2016

Paul Schimpf, candidate for State Senate in Illinois 58th District, has opened a campaign office in Monroe County.

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Carbondale Elementary school board discusses budget, personnel matters

By South West Illinois News Reports | Feb 16, 2016

The Board of Education at Carbondale Elementary School District #95 in Carbondale, Illinois recently held a meeting in which the members discussed some matters relating to personnel, students and performance, as well as budget issues.