Eldorado to get Rendwater aids city water supply
Eldorado Illinois will receive 150000 more gallons of Rend Lake Conservancy District water this week to bolster a city supply in peril. Mayor Richard Moore said the 60 cent per 1000 gallons deal runs 60 days with renewal option. city pumps 300000 gallons daily after cuts from conservation and reduced usage by businesses and hospitals.
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Eldorado, Ill
Saline County
Rend Lake Conservancy District
Richard Moore
Galatia
Conservancy
Larry Foster
Eldorado
Harrisburg
Ferrell Hospital
Moore
U.S
Paul Simon
D-Inl
Saline Water Conservancy District
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Environmental Protection Agency
Simon
Congress Near Agreement on Budget Cuts
Reagan seeks congressional action as Republicans move toward approving most of his recommended cuts. House and Senate leaders report progress on a revised plan, while Democrats question vote counts and aim for a different mix of social program cuts and defense spending.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
Senate
House
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
O’neill
House Budget Committee
White House
Counties seek intact borders in Illinois redistricting
About 40 attendees at a Southern Illinois University Carbondale hearing urged keeping counties whole as the Illinois House Select Committee on Reapportionment weighs new maps. Republican county chairs from Randolph White Perry voiced concerns about county divisions harming influence, while some lawmakers cautioned the task is near impossible. U.S. Rep Paul Simon urged maintaining the Southern Illinois district boundaries. SIUC professor John Jackson proposed using news media coverage as a factor in drawing lines, prompting mixed reactions.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Illinois House
House Select Committee
House
George Ryan
Kankakee
Randolph County
Richard Dethrow
Cecil Hucker
White County
George T. Purcell
Perry County
James Rea
D-Christopher
Monroe Flinn
Cahokia
Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro
Robert Winchester
Rosiclare
U.S
Paul Simon
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Simon
SIUC
John Jackson
Jackson
Detrow
Flinn
Weather: Showers and storms tonight then cooler temps ahead
The National Weather Service forecasts showers and thunder storms tonight, followed by cooler conditions with lows around the 50s. Wednesday brings partly sunny skies and cooler highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. Illinois forecast shows partly cloudy skies Thursday through Saturday with a warming trend from the 70s to the upper 80s, with nightly lows in the 50s to 60s.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
Carbondale delays water rate hike for SIU finance relief
Carbondale City Council votes to push a five month delay on a water rate increase, moving the effective date to November 1 to ease the campus budget. The plan raises 1,000 gallons from 1.05 to 1.10 dollars, increasing minimum bills by 15 cents, with SIUC facing about $120,000 more annually.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Dougherty
Southern Illinois Univesity
SIUC
Crab Orchard
Lakeside
South Highway
Carroll Fry
Fry
SIU C
William Broom
South Highway Water District
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