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How much is really being spent on programs for migrants? Illinois Senate Republicans file legislation to find out

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Members of the Senate Republican Caucus are once again asking for greater fiscal transparency about the Pritzker’s Administration’s migrant crisis, so lawmakers have a clearer idea about how much is really being spent on state programs for noncitizens.   Senate Republican Leader John Curran (R-Downers Grove) was joined at a March 7 […]

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Gwendalyn McKlin is Valle’s Elks Student of the Month for March

STE. GENEVIEVE – Gwendalyn McKlin has been selected as the Valle Elks Student of the Month for March.     She is the daughter of Athena and Mark McKlin   She plans to attend the University of Northern Alabama where she will get a degree in Marine Biology and work at a rehabilitation clinic for

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SIU Carbondale advertising student earns prestigious internship

CARBONDALE, Ill. – She might have started her journey into advertising shy and without much experience, but Southern Illinois University Carbondale journalism major Mea Roedell is quickly advancing in her burgeoning career.     Roedell, a junior from Germantown Hills, Illinois, was selected to participate in the 2024 Vance and Betty Lee Stickell Student Internship Program.

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Final Projects awarded in Governor’s Rural Routes Program

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded three projects for rural roads today, the final projects awarded in the Governor’s Rural Routes Program. The program, created with Gov. Mike Parson’s signing of the fiscal year 2024 state budget, allocated $100 million of General Revenue funds to the Missouri Department of Transportation to

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Senator Elaine Gannon’s Capitol Report for March 7, 2024

Daylight Overtakes Darkness   March is such a welcome month after the long and dreary winter. Daylight savings begins, colorful perennials dot the barren landscape and we finally get to enjoy more hours of sunlight than darkness. March also signals the halfway point of the legislative session, and when lawmakers return from spring break on

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Emeritus professor chronicles SIU School of Law’s 50-year history as a ‘labor of love’

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Frank G. Houdek has been affiliated with the Southern Illinois University School of Law for nearly 80% of a storied history that is now in its 51st year. SIU School of Law Professor Emeritus Frank G. Houdek shows off his book highlighting the law school’s first 50 years. (Photo by

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SBA Administrator Guzman announces 2024 National Small Business Week Award Winners

WASHINGTON, D.C.– SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 33 million small businesses, has announced the National Small Business Week (NSBW) 2024 Award Winners including Missouri’s Small Business Person of the Year and other business owners, leading partners, and advocates who embody the grit and determination that power our nation’s economy and ensure

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