Southern Illinois News

From Prairie State Wire

Better Government Association says Obama didn't say fathers in the home is a solution to gun violence -- but he did

By Karen Kidd | 6 years ago

Sometimes the fact-checker needs a good fact-checking.

Statewide test results: 54 percent of Anna Junior failed English language arts

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 28, 2018

About 46 percent of Anna Junior High School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 54 percent of students failed.

Analysis: 65 percent of Anna Junior students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 28, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 35 percent of Anna Junior High School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

Statewide test results: 76 percent of Anna Junior students failed math

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 28, 2018

About 24 percent of Anna Junior High School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 76 percent of students failed.

100 most frugal cities in Illinois

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 28, 2018

Village of New Burnside, Village of Simpson and Village of Mill Creek top the list in Illinois with the lowest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois counties to get $2.7 million to help child crime victims

By Local Labs News Service | 6 years ago

Grants totaling $2.7 million will be awarded to 17 Illinois counties to aid children who have been victims of violent crimes, according to a state criminal justice agency.

From Prairie State Wire

Analysis: 9 Illinois public colleges hike in-state tuition faster than inflation over 3 years

By Local Labs News Service | 6 years ago

Nine public schools in Illinois raised tuition faster than inflation over a three-year period, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of in-state tuition for 2013-14 and 2016-17 at 115 public colleges and universities in 10 Midwest states.

100 biggest spenders: What Illinois cities rank highest?

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 26, 2018

Village of Ullin tops the list in Illinois with the highest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

Analysis: Southern Illinois SNAP participation costs fell 4.44 percent over two years

By LGIS Newsfeed | Feb 23, 2018

Welfare offices in Mounds, Metropolis and Anna saw food stamp costs drop by an average of 4.44 percent from January 2015 to January 2017, according to a Southern Illinois News analysis of 66 Illinois welfare offices.

From Carbondale Reporter

SB2302 would extend tax increment financing in Marion

By Angela Underwood | 6 years ago

The city of Marion could grow even bigger due to recent legislation from Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg).

From SW Illinois News

CORRECTED: Ad calls Bryant a 'Madigan pawn'

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

State Rep. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) is portrayed as having “served up” her constituents in the 115th House District in a new Liberty Principles PAC ad on YouTube ridiculing her as a pawn of powerful House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago).

Analysis: 87 percent of Egyptian Junior students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 21, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 13 percent of Egyptian Junior High School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

Statewide test results: 81 percent of Egyptian Junior failed English language arts

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 21, 2018

About 19 percent of Egyptian Junior High School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 81 percent of students failed.

Statewide test results: 93 percent of Egyptian Junior students failed math

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 21, 2018

About 7 percent of Egyptian Junior High School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 93 percent of students failed.

Southern Illinois pension funds: Where do taxpayers contribute least?

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 21, 2018

Government pension funds in Anna, Cairo and Metropolis depended least on taxpayer contributions to make ends meet in 2016, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance.

Heated debate marks Senate panel hearing on veterans' home

By Angela Underwood | Feb 20, 2018

Before Sen. Thomas Cullerton (D-Villa Park), chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, could adjourn a recent hearing involving a 2016 engineering report on the Quincy Veterans' Home, Sens. Paul Schimpf (R-Waterloo) and Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) made it clear the short notice for a hearing does not give Democrats the right to judge Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration for not addressing the Legionnaires' outbreak at the facility.

Statewide test results: 87 percent of Egyptian failed English language arts

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 20, 2018

About 13 percent of Egyptian Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 87 percent of students failed.

Analysis: 82 percent of Egyptian students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 20, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 18 percent of Egyptian Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

Statewide test results: 78 percent of Egyptian students failed math

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 20, 2018

About 22 percent of Egyptian Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 78 percent of students failed.

From Prairie State Wire

Analysis: Illinois residents pay up to 99 percent more to attend Division I schools than peers in other states

By Local Labs News Service | 7 years ago

Illinois residents pay up to 76 percent more to attend a Big Ten school and up to 49 percent more to attend a Mid-America Conference school than their counterparts in other states, according to a Higher Education Tribune’s analysis of in-state tuition at public colleges and universities in 10 Midwest states.