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  • Market Watch: Jana Stewart Hawkins loses over $23,000 on sale of Decatur home

    From Save Your Home Now
    by SYHN News Service | Feb 13, 2019

    Illinois' highest-in-the-nation property taxes are eroding home equity and depressing home values across the state. This report is part of a SYHN News Service series on recent home sales that demonstrate the consequences

  • Only 3 other states, District of Columbia have $15 minimum wage

    From DuPage Policy Journal
    by LGIS News Service | Feb 8, 2019

    If a current Senate bill clears the House and is signed into law, Illinois will join three other states and the District of Columbia in soon paying a minimum wage of $15 per hour.

  • Are taxes and bans the future of plastic shopping bags in Illinois?

    From Chicago City Wire
    by LGIS News Service | Jan 28, 2019

    The state legislature adjourned before taking action on Senate Bill 1597, which would require Illinois consumers to pay a 5 cent fee for every single-use paper or plastic bag, but similar proposals are being considered at the county and local levels.

  • Market Watch: Amanda Phillips loses over $38,000 on sale of Decatur home

    From Save Your Home Now
    by SYHN News Service | Jan 24, 2019

    Illinois' highest-in-the-nation property taxes are eroding home equity and depressing home values across the state. This report is part of a SYHN News Service series on recent home sales that demonstrate the consequences.

  • Analysis: Illinois posted 9th lowest individual income tax rate in 2018

    From Illinois Business Daily
    by Illinois Business Daily reports | Jan 10, 2019

    Illinois ranked No. 36 for its top individual income tax rate, according to a Tax Foundation analysis of 2018 tax numbers that tracked the District of Columbia and the 43 states that levy such taxes.

  • Illinois college football fields 3,544 players

    From Prairie State Wire
    by Prairie State Wire reports | Oct 1, 2018

    Illinois ranked seventh most popular for college football among the 50 states, according to a Prairie State Wire analysis of college sports participation.

  • Have you opted out of a public sector union? We want to hear about it

    From Chicago City Wire
    by Daniel Beauregard | Aug 1, 2018

    The U.S. Supreme Court in June ruled that approximately 5 million government workers nationwide should not be forced to pay dues to public employee unions.

  • Sticker shock: Which 4-year U.S. schools charge the lowest in-state tuition?

    From Illinois Business Daily
    by Local Labs News Service | Jul 26, 2018

    State residents enrolled at Christian Life College face among the lowest cost of attending four-year in-state colleges and universities in the U.S., according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

  • Sticker shock: Which 4-year U.S. schools charge the highest in-state tuition?

    From Illinois Business Daily
    by Local Labs News Service | Jul 24, 2018

    State residents enrolled at Illinois Institute of Technology face among the steepest cost of attending four-year in-state colleges and universities in the U.S., according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

  • Sticker shock: Which U.S. schools charge the highest in-state tuition?

    From Illinois Business Daily
    by Local Labs News Service | Jul 3, 2018

    Residents in Illinois face some of the steepest cost of attending in-state colleges and universities in the U.S., according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

  • Illegal immigrant lawyers, teachers couldn't be denied state licenses if bill becomes Illinois law

    From Prairie State Wire
    by LGIS News Service | May 17, 2018

    A bill pending in Springfield would prohibit the state from denying illegal aliens professional licenses to practice law, teach, or dispense prescription drugs.

  • Analysis: 2,973 college athletes play baseball in Illinois

    From Prairie State Wire
    by LGIS Newsfeed | Apr 25, 2018

    Illinois is the fifth most-popular state for college baseball, federal data shows.

  • College tuition has little link to state funding, analyst determines

    by Glenn Minnis | Jun 29, 2017

    College tuition tends to rise regardless of how much money the state puts toward education, a new study reveals.

  • City of Sullivan Council met April 24.

    by Noddy A. Fernandez | Apr 29, 2017

    City of Sullivan Council met at 7 p.m. Monday, April 24.

  • Iconic Illinois lawmaker Michel passes away

    by Macon Reporter | Feb 20, 2017

    Remembered as “a titan,” a “war hero,” a “true gentleman” and above all as a skillful, diplomatic peacemaker, longtime U.S. Rep. Bob Michel has passed away at the age of 93, Capitol Fax announced.



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