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Golconda collects $8,325 in Municipal Sales Tax in July

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 8, 2022

This is a decrease from the month before.

Elizabethtown taxpayers give $4,408 in Municipal Sales Tax in July

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 8, 2022

This is a decrease from the month before.

Union County taxpayers give $28,780 in County Sales Tax in July

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 8, 2022

This is a decrease from the month before.

City of Anna City Council met June 7

By Kristine Gonzales-Abella | Aug 8, 2022

City of Anna City Council met Tuesday, June 7.

New Simpson Hill Community School District 32 Board of Education met July 28

By Kristine Gonzales-Abella | Aug 8, 2022

New Simpson Hill Community School District 32 Board of Education met Thursday, July 28.

Pulaski County collects $7,312 in Countywide Sales Tax in July

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 7, 2022

This is a decrease from the month before.

$385 in Municipal Sales Tax collected in July for East Cape Girardeau

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 7, 2022

This is a decrease from the month before.

Union County residents have median age of 44 by 2020

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 7, 2022

Union County residents have a median age of 44-years-old as of 2020, according to US Census Data.

Eddyville residents pay $1,501 in Municipal Sales Tax in July

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 7, 2022

This is an increase over the month before.

256 fewer people living in Union County in 2021 compared to 2020

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 7, 2022

Union County had the 61st largest population in Illinois in 2021.

Illinois' Bryant: 'More of your hard earned money being spent to provide abortions for anyone that wants one'

By David Hutton | Aug 7, 2022

State Sen. Terri Bryant, a Republican from Murphysboro, reaffirmed her position about abortion in Illinois earlier this month in a post on Facebook.

$10,281 in County Sales Tax collected in July for Pulaski County

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 7, 2022

This is a decrease from the month before.

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

By LGIS News Service | Aug 7, 2022

Massac County State’s Attorney Josh Stratemeyer, 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.

Dongola collects $5,643 in Non-Home Rule Sales Tax in July

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 6, 2022

This is an increase over the month before.

Bailey laments the death of I'Kera Hill: 'More evidence of the failings of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services'

By Bree Gonzales | Aug 6, 2022

Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey is devastated by I’Kera Hill's death.

Pope County taxpayers give $21,149 in County Sales Tax in July

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 6, 2022

This is an increase over the month before.

Median age of Pulaski County residents reached 46 by 2020

By Southern Illinois News | Aug 6, 2022

Pulaski County residents have a median age of 46-years-old as of 2020, according to US Census Data.