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Congressional candidates address inflation and the rising cost of living (opens the original)
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In Illinois’ 16th Congressional District, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood and the Democratic challenger Paul Nolley, and in the 17th District, incumbent Democrat U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen and challenger Republican Dillan Vancil, hear it every day: high gasoline prices, high diesel prices, high cost of fertilizer for farmers. There's not a lot of support for President Donald Trump's approach to tariffs on either side of the congressional races — even the Republicans are creating some di
Congressional candidates offer positions on budget deficit and Social Security fixes (opens the original)
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The major party candidates for Congress in Central Illinois have significantly different views of how to deal with looming financial crises over the federal budget deficit, national debt, and Social Security. Interest payments on the federal debt are bigger than defense spending, according to the U.S. Treasury and Congressional Budget Office. They’re bigger than Medicare spending. Under the present course, debt payments will outstrip all the other major categories of spending put together in les
Sales tax dispute reignites between McLean County and Bloomington and Normal (opens the original)
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A legal cease fire between the Town of Normal and City of Bloomington on one side and McLean County government on the other shows signs of deterioration. A nearly two-year-old dispute is over shared sales tax money dedicated to behavioral health programs, jail expansion bond debt and public safety information systems. Just over a year ago, the two sides appeared headed for court. That now looks possible again. In March, they agreed on a memorandum of understanding for an audit of expenditures fr
Overcoming news deserts in rural America takes community involvement (opens the original)
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A journalism professor who has roots in Pekin and Peoria says journalists must do more than cover the news; they must actively build community for local news outlets to survive in a challenging world. Nick Mathews went to work for the Pekin Daily Times at age 16. His parents met while working there. Mathews had stops at the Peoria Journal Star and Decatur Herald and Review. He's now teaching at the University of Missouri and is the author of the new book Deserted: Life Without Local News in Rura
McLean County safety agencies say new emergency dispatching system is one step forward, two steps back (opens the original)
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Delays and glitches in a new McLean County Computer Aided Dispatch [CAD] system are frustrating public safety agencies. McLean County is implementing a new suite of software applications to speed up fire and police response in the county. Seconds can matter in responses to fires, medical events and calls for police help. The CAD and Automatic Vehicle Location [AVL] from the ProPhoenix firm, headquartered in New Jersey and Chennai, India, is intended to replace an older system long used by the co
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