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Ad portrays Meier as a Madigan ally

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

A new Liberty Principles PAC ad on YouTube paints veteran state Rep. Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) as having turned his back on the voters of the 108th District in aligning himself with powerful House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago).

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: 80 percent of Ashley Com Consolidated students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 21, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 20 percent of Ashley Com Consolidated School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

Statewide test results: 89 percent of Ashley Com Consolidated students failed math

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 21, 2018

About 11 percent of Ashley Com Consolidated School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 89 percent of students failed.

Analysis: 39 percent of Albers students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 21, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 61 percent of Albers Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

Statewide test results: 70 percent of Ashley Com Consolidated failed English language arts

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 21, 2018

About 30 percent of Ashley Com Consolidated School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 70 percent of students failed.

Statewide test results: 31 percent of Albers failed English language arts

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 21, 2018

About 69 percent of Albers Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 31 percent of students failed.

Statewide test results: 46 percent of Albers students failed math

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 21, 2018

About 54 percent of Albers Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 46 percent of students failed.

South Central Illinois pension funds: Where do taxpayers contribute least?

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 21, 2018

Government pension funds in Staunton, Centralia and Vandalia depended least on taxpayer contributions to make ends meet in 2016, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance.

From Southern Illinois News

Heated debate marks Senate panel hearing on veterans' home

By Angela Underwood | 7 years ago

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.

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.

From West Central Reporter

Discontent with GOP endorsement process 'a sign of the times.' Petty says

By Glenn Minnis | 7 years ago

Jonas Petty is comforted by rumblings that top Republican officials feel the need to “rig” the GOP endorsement process in favor of Gov. Bruce Rauner.

South Central Illinois pension funds: Where do taxpayers contribute most?

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 19, 2018

Government pension funds in Centralia, Litchfield and Taylorville depended most on taxpayer contributions to make ends meet in 2016, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance.

Statewide test results: 85 percent of Edinburg Junior failed English language arts

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 18, 2018

About 15 percent of Edinburg Junior High School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 85 percent of students failed.

Analysis: 91 percent of Edinburg Junior students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 18, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 9 percent of Edinburg Junior High School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

Statewide test results: 97 percent of Edinburg Junior students failed math

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 18, 2018

About 3 percent of Edinburg Junior High School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and nearly all of students failed.

Analysis: 59 percent of Greenville students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 17, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 41 percent of Greenville Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

Analysis: 49 percent of Iuka Community Consolidated students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 17, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 51 percent of Iuka Community Consolidated School students are considered on track for the next grade level.