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Anna-Jonesboro Community High School District #81 Board of Education met July 20

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 2, 2022

Anna-Jonesboro Community High School District #81 Board of Education met Wednesday, July 20.

Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Board of Trustees met July 19

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 2, 2022

Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Board of Trustees met Tuesday, July 19.

How much did retired Illinois teachers in the JAMP Special Education Services make on average in 2020?

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 1, 2022

How much did retired Illinois teachers in the JAMP Special Education Services make on average, according to contribution data accumulated from FOIA requests?

47 is median age of Alexander County residents by 2020

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 1, 2022

Alexander County residents have a median age of 47-years-old as of 2020, according to US Census Data.

Alexander County collects $13,325 in County Sales Tax in July

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 1, 2022

This is an increase over the month before.

Pope County 100th highest taxed Illinois county in July

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 1, 2022

Pope County was ranked 101st the month before.

$1,641 in Municipal Sales Tax collected in July for Alto Pass

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 1, 2022

This is an increase over the month before.

Analysis: 100% of black Alexander County third graders failed state math exam in 2021

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 1, 2022

The 2021 state math exam was taken by 20 black third grade students in Alexander County.

Did the population of Alexander County rise or fall from 2020 to 2021?

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 1, 2022

Alexander County had the 97th largest population in Illinois in 2021.

Alexander County taxpayers give $5,839 in Countywide Sales Tax in July

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 1, 2022

This is an increase over the month before.

$4,142 in Countywide Sales Tax collected in July for Hardin County

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 1, 2022

This is an increase over the month before.

Anna residents pay $144,081 in Municipal Sales Tax in July

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 1, 2022

This is a decrease from the month before.

Kaskaskia Community College District #501 Board of Trustees met July 22 and July 23

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Aug 1, 2022

Kaskaskia Community College District #501 Board of Trustees met Friday and Saturday, July 22 and July 23.

Community Unit School District 201 Board of Education met July 19

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 1, 2022

Community Unit School District 201 Board of Education met Tuesday, July 19.

Bipartisan PAC urges State’s Attorney Bittle to oppose SAFE-T Act

By LGIS News Service | Aug 1, 2022

Hardin County State’s Attorney Todd Bittle, a Republican, is being urged to join an effort to repeal Illinois’ controversial SAFE-T Act, which retools multiple parts of the criminal justice system, including the elimination of cash bail.

Anna-Jonesboro Community High School District #81 Board of Education met July 18

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 1, 2022

Anna-Jonesboro Community High School District #81 Board of Education met Monday, July 18.