Tazewell County News Briefs
— February 13, 2019STATE Lawmakers want higher minimum wage for teachers The Illinois Senate education committee is pushing again to raise the minimum salary for teachers to $40,000 a year by the 2023-24…
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Stories untold: Carbondale woman chronicles Southern Illinois’ black Civil War soldiers
— February 7, 2019For 50 years, Corene McDaniel has walked through the rows of graves at Mound City National Cemetery to visit her father, who lies in rest there alongside thousands of other veterans….
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Tazewell County News Briefs
— February 6, 2019STATE New minimum wage debate expected The Illinois Senate is expected this week to start discussing a new plan to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. Supporters of the…
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Tazewell County News Briefs
— January 30, 2019STATE Changes in lead poison testing will ID more children exposed to risks A change in how the state measures exposure to lead poisoning will increase the number of children who will…
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Tazewell County News Briefs
— January 23, 2019CENTRAL ILLINOIS Thinking about beekeeping? Class will get you started The Heart of Illinois Beekeepers Association will introduce the world of beekeeping to potential beekeepers with…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: shutdown delays, food safety alert and more
— February 7, 2019This week’s farm and rural news rundown will focus on the first USDA crop reports issued in several weeks, and the ramifications of the recently ended partial federal government shutdown…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Shutdown catch-up, farm bureaus showcased and more
— January 31, 2019Topping the past week in farm and rural news comes the late-week announcement by the U.S. president that the record-long shutdown of the federal government has ended with a temporary…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: soybean prices, Weinzierl recognized and more
— January 24, 2019In this week’s farm and rural news corral, we recap a wild week of plunging and surging soybean prices apparently sparked by rumor, innuendo and government shutdown. What happened?…
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