Oregon Mount Morris voters weigh merger in school district plan
A four part series begins with Mount Morris and Oregon voters deciding whether to merge their school districts. The plan keeps each elementary intact while placing junior high in Mount Morris and high school in Oregon, aiming to expand curriculum with a larger combined enrollment of about 1,910 students.
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Mount Morris
Oregon
R.D. Lovelace
Ed Olds
Olds
Lovelace
ComEd must refund $260 million to customers in February
Cook County Judge Richard Curry ordered Commonwealth Edison to repay 260 million dollars collected during an illegal rate hike for the Byron I nuclear plant. Refunds will be paid in February, averaging 80 to 85 dollars per customer overall, with residential averages about 45 dollars.
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Chicago
UPI
Cook County
Richard Curry
Commonwealth Edison
Byron I
Illinois
Howard Learner
Learner
ComEd
John Hogan
Edison
Citizens’ Utility Board
CUB
Josh Hoyt
Curry
Illinois Commerce Commission
GOP backs 10 percent income tax credit in Illinois
Sen Harlan Rigney says Senate Republicans push a 10 percent income tax credit over raising circuit breaker or homestead exemptions. The plan would reduce state revenues by about 120 million. a $1,000 property tax bill would yield a $100 credit. The committee meets again today.
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Illinois
Senate
GOP
Property Tax Conference Committee
Harlan Rigney
Freeport
Democrats
Rigney
Republican Caucus
Committee
Ortega signals end to Nicaragua cease fire with Contras
President Daniel Ortega declared he would not extend the 19 month unilateral cease-fire with U.S. backed Contra rebels accusing President Bush of promoting terrorism in Nicaragua. He demanded international talks at the United Nations on demobilizing the rebel army by December 7 and warned of renewed fighting unless negotiations succeed.
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Nicaragua
UPI
Daniel Ortega
Bush
Ortega
United States
Honduras
United Nations
White House
Washington
Costa Rica
U.S
Congress
Cypress freeway collapse toll reaches 65 dead
Authorities say the last two bodies were recovered from the Cypress freeway wreckage, bringing the known death toll to 65. Joyce Ann Mabry, 31, of Berkeley, and James Flores, 39, of Rohnert Park, were identified among the motorists killed when the upper deck fell onto the lower deck.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Sheriff's Department
Joyce Ann Mabry
Berkeley
James Flores
Rohnert Park
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