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News from August 2022

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Bennett on lost unemployment benefits: '$1.2 million in taxpayer money to fraudsters'

By Steven Hughes | Aug 18, 2022

Rep. Thomas Bennett voiced his thoughts about how the Illinois Department of Employment Security mishandled unemployment benefits.

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Rantoul residents pay $157,630 in Municipal Home Rule Sales Tax in July

By Chambana Sun | Aug 18, 2022

This is a decrease from the month before.

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Weekly recap of Bement home sales during week ending July 30

By Chambana Sun | Aug 18, 2022

There were two reported residential sales in Bement in the week ending July 30, according to BlockShopper.com.

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Illinois Department of Corrections to release two inmates sentenced in McDonough County during Q4

By Chambana Sun | Aug 18, 2022

There are two inmates sentenced to jail in McDonough County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the fourth quarter of 2022.

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Champaign County weekly recap of home sales during week ending July 30

By Chambana Sun | Aug 18, 2022

There were 59 reported residential sales in Champaign County in the week ending July 30, according to BlockShopper.com.

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Sex Ed: Champaign County Rantoul Township High School District 193 opts out of controversial new sex education curriculum

By Chambana Sun | Aug 18, 2022

Across Illinois, 520 school districts have decided not to teach the updated and “obscene” sex ed curriculum.

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How many times were students suspended or expelled in Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5 in 2020-2021 school year?

By Chambana Sun | Aug 18, 2022

There were 25 students suspended in Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5 in a single school year according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

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Potomac collects $6,303 in Municipal Sales Tax in July

By Chambana Sun | Aug 18, 2022

This is a decrease from the month before.

Champaign County Environment and Land Use Committee met May 5

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 18, 2022

Champaign County Board Environment and Land Use Committee met Thursday, May 5.

Champaign County Highway and Transportation Committee met Aug. 5

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 18, 2022

Champaign County Highway and Transportation Committee met Friday, Aug. 5.

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Students suspended or expelled 53 times in a single school year in Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4

By Chambana Sun | Aug 17, 2022

There were 53 students suspended in Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4 in a single school year according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

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Holbrook on school shutdowns: 'We don't need bureaucrats sitting in an office somewhere making these decisions'

By David Beasley | Aug 17, 2022

State Rep. Brad Holbrook (R-Shelbyville) said local school boards and parents, not the state, should have the power to decide whether schools closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Philo residents pay $14,570 in Municipal Sales Tax in July

By Chambana Sun | Aug 17, 2022

This is an increase over the month before.

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Q4: one inmate sentenced in Ford County to be released from Illinois Department of Corrections

By Chambana Sun | Aug 17, 2022

There is one inmate sentenced to jail in Ford County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the fourth quarter of 2022.

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Piper City taxpayers give $2,750 in Municipal Sales Tax in July

By Chambana Sun | Aug 17, 2022

This is an increase over the month before.

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Weekly recap of Monticello home sales during week ending July 30

By Chambana Sun | Aug 17, 2022

The following residential sales were reported in Monticello in the week ending July 30, according to BlockShopper.com.

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Piatt County home sales during week ending July 30

By Chambana Sun | Aug 17, 2022

There were six reported residential sales in Piatt County in the week ending July 30, according to BlockShopper.com.

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Caulkins: 'We are facing an immediate manmade crisis'

By Steven Hughes | Aug 17, 2022

At a Legislative Energy Town Hall sponsored by the Illinois Freedom Caucus on Aug. 11, Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) drew attention to what he sees as shortcomings in the Clean Energy Jobs Act.

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Ludlow Community Consolidated School District 142 in Champaign County won’t be teaching controversial new sex education curriculum

By Chambana Sun | Aug 17, 2022

Across Illinois, 520 school districts have decided not to teach the updated and “obscene” sex ed curriculum.

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$797 in Municipal Sales Tax collected in July for Pesotum

By Chambana Sun | Aug 17, 2022

This is a decrease from the month before.