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News from February 2017

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Macon County Conservation District Board of Trustees reviews Rock Springs Nature Center playground design

By Lhalie Castillo | Feb 8, 2017

Macon County Conservation District Board of Trustees reviews Rock Springs Nature Center playground design at its recent meeting.

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Decatur City Council approves property tax levy ordinance

By Lhalie Castillo | Feb 8, 2017

Decatur City Council approves property tax levy ordinance at its recent meeting.

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Mt. Zion Board of Trustees approves rezoning of property from business to highway commercial to allow for retail business

By Lhalie Castillo | Feb 8, 2017

Mt. Zion Board of Trustees approves rezoning of property from business to highway commercial to allow for retail business at a recent meeting.

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Illinois voter data analysis finds voters registered two, three, even four times

By LGIS Newsfeed | Feb 8, 2017

A recent analysis by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which owns this publication, found almost 50,000 duplicate voter registration records, representing Illinois residents who are registered multiple times.

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Mount Zion home prices fall in January 2017

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 7, 2017

The median sale price of a home sold in January 2017 in Mount Zion fell by $60,250 while total sales decreased by 11.1%.

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Decatur home prices fall in January 2017

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 7, 2017

The median sale price of a home sold in January 2017 in Decatur fell by $750 while total sales decreased by 21.8%.

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Harristown home prices rise in January 2017

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 7, 2017

The median sale price of a home sold in January 2017 in Harristown rose by $17,500 while total sales increased by 66.7%.

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Mt. Zion Board of Trustees authorizes appointments to various village boards

By Lhalie Castillo | Feb 6, 2017

Mt. Zion Board of Trustees authorizes appointments to various village boards at a recent meeting.

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Mt. Zion CUSD No. 3 adopts asthma emergency response protocol

By Lhalie Castillo | Feb 6, 2017

Mt. Zion CUSD No. 3 adopts asthma emergency response protocol at its recent meeting.

Decatur Public School District No. 61 Board honors winners of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. essay contest winners

By Lhalie Castillo | Feb 6, 2017

Decatur Public School District No. 61 Board honors winners of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. essay contest winners at its recent meeting.

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Decatur Park District Board takes action on approval of general obligation park bonds

By Lhalie Castillo | Feb 6, 2017

Decatur Park District Board takes action on approval of general obligation park bonds at its meeting last week.

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Kroger brings online grocery shopping to Decatur

By Ruth de Jauregui | Feb 3, 2017

The Kroger on Airport Plaza has brought online grocery shopping to Decatur. 'ClickList,' the first online option for area customers, has been available for several months.

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Rauner taps Munger as deputy governor to leverage her versatile skillset

By Macon Reporter | Feb 3, 2017

Chosen for her extensive business, government and human services experience, former Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger was named deputy governor today by Gov. Bruce Rauner in order to support conquering the state’s financial ordeals.

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Attorney General asks court to cut off state employee paychecks

By Macon Reporter | Feb 3, 2017

State Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a motion yesterday asking the court to dissolve the preliminary injunction that ordered state worker paychecks to continue while the Illinois budget was at an impasse.

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Taxpayers' Federation weighs in on budget compromise discussion

By Macon Reporter | Feb 3, 2017

A potential solution in Illinois’ long-running and often contentious budget impasse may finally be in sight.

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Rauner cites ‘moral obligation’ to attain better future

By Macon Reporter | Feb 3, 2017

Following Gov. Bruce Rauner’s recent State of the State address in Springfield, major news organizations observed the highlights and takeaways as he reiterated remarks on continuing budget gridlock while simultaneously calling for compromise and reform.

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Critics say 'House of Madigan' continues to play by own rules

By Macon Reporter | Feb 3, 2017

Several Illinois legislators have responded to the House’s latest capitulation to longtime Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago), decrying the body’s utter lack of independence or apparent motivation to value representation of home jurisdictions over the speaker’s sway.

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High property taxes a multilayered problem in Illinois

By Macon Reporter | Feb 2, 2017

Property owners in Illinois are the hardest hit in the nation when it comes to taxes. And the property tax burden coupled with falling home values is crippling homeowners and leading many Illinois families to deduce that buying a home in Illinois just isn’t worth it.

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Mt. Zion Community Unit School District No. 3 Board approves 2016 tax levy

By Lhalie Castillo | Feb 2, 2017

Mt. Zion Community Unit School District No. 3 Board approves 2016 tax levy at a recent meeting.

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Macon County Mental Health Board reviews but takes no action proposed 2017 budget

By Lhalie Castillo | Feb 2, 2017

Macon County Mental Health Board reviews but takes no action proposed 2017 budget at a recent meeting.