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ICJIA announces grant opportunities totaling $50 Million to restore communities impacted by systemic racism and disinvestment

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CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) has announced  two funding opportunities for the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) Program, totaling $50 million in grants to historically underserved communities.    ICJIA will allocate $35 million to support community reentry from the criminal legal system, economic development, and civil legal aid programs, with another […]

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House Democrats say they will work to quell chaos of GOP’s failures

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri House Democrats will enter the 2026 legislative session with a renewed focus on protecting, supporting and investing in Missouri’s people and making life more affordable, marking a sharp contrast to majority party’s agenda of shifting the tax burden to working families and undermining funding for basic government services.   “While

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Consumer Expenditures for the St. Louis Metropolitan Area

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KANSAS CITY – The Mountain-Plains Information Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today released Consumer Expenditures for the St. Louis Metropolitan Area: 2023-24.   The release provides annual household expenditures, percentage shares, and selected demographic characteristics for households in the St. Louis area for the period 2023-24.   Acting Regional Commissioner Jerome Watters noted

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Barkhausen Cache River Wetland Center to reopen Jan. 10

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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) invites the public to celebrate the reopening of the Henry N. Barkhausen Cache River Wetland Center at Cache River State Natural Area in southern Illinois from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10.    Visitors can enjoy family-friendly environmental crafts; explore nearly 20 interactive community education and conservation

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State releases December 2025 General Revenue Report

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. –State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for December 2025 decreased 0.5 percent compared to those for December 2024, from $1.30 billion last year to $1.29 billion this year.   Net general revenue collections for 2026 fiscal year-to-date increased 3.3 percent compared to December 2024, from $6.14 billion

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Sparta Community Hospital welcomes Dr. Umar Daud

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SPARTA, IL – Sparta Community Hospital is pleased to welcome Dr. Umar Daud, a board-certified rheumatology specialist, to the Specialty Clinic at North Campus Healthcare—expanding access to expert rheumatology care for patients in the region.      Dr. Daud will begin seeing patients two days per month mid-January, with plans to increase his time in April, helping meet

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SIU’s 2026 Winter Weeks of Welcome help students start the semester off right

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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — When Southern Illinois University Carbondale throws out the welcome mat, it does so in style as evidenced by Winter Weeks of Welcome, a special time to greet new and returning students as they come to campus for the spring semester and get them acquainted and connected with SIU and one

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Route 51 on the Chester Bridge reduced for maintenance

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SIKESTON—Route 51 in Perry County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge maintenance on the Chester Bridge over the Mississippi River.     This section of roadway is located from County Road 946 near Claryville, Missouri to E Kaskaskia Street in Chester, Illinois.     Weather permitting, work will take

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