Series questions Kaskaskia canal project origins and costs
A six month investigation by Timothy Middleton analyzes the Kaskaskia River Navigation Project in southwestern Illinois. The series warns boosterism surrounded the Corps of Engineers estimates, notes environmental damage, ongoing siltation and erosion, and projects a total taxpayer cost around 137.2 million dollars with uncertain returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaskaskia River
Illinois
Timothy Middleton
Corps of Engineers
Congress
News from the neglected necessity of print in New York and beyond
New Yorkers discover news is a neglected necessity as a pressmen strike cuts main dailies. Public unrest grows with readers turning to alternatives amid concerns over community, state, nation and world coverage. The piece also examines the Kaskaskia canal project, its costs, limited use, and the hoped for economic benefits versus environmental and regional feasibility, urging public scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Myung Moon
Peabody Coal Co
Peabody
Kaskaskia
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc
Missouri
East St. Louis
Associated Electric
Kaskaskia Valley
New Athens
Mississippi
St. Louis
Carbondale
Kaiser
Ruhr
Midwest
Evansville
Ellis Grove
Meramec
Second looks reveal anxious guests and coinage mischief
The text notes a guest bathroom scale that cheats five pounds and a tongue in cheek claim that no woman except a mythic Miss Liberty is pictured on a U S coin while a buffalo on a nickel remains in circulation. It also comments on elderly citizens having leisure despite opening child proof caps on aspirin and blood pressure tablets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Liberty
U.S
IBHE Tuition Policy and Illinois College Enrollment
Professor Thomas O. Baldwin argues that the Illinois Board of Higher Education's proposed tuition policy will raise costs, drive enrollments down, and shrink public higher education access in Illinois. He cites shifts in tuition, funding, and private college influence, urging public debate and reform of the IBHE 33 percent rule.
Furman Urges Equal Access In Illinois Tuition Policy
The Illinois Board of Higher Education argues tuition should represent one third of instructional cost with the state paying twice the student share. The policy ties increases to scholarship funding, aims to keep higher education accessible, and notes ISSC awards already cover many needs. The report cites historical tuition trends, private versus public costs, and potential enrollment effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas O. Baldwin
Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville
Illinois
Illinois Board of Higher Education
IBHE
Illinois State Scholarship Commission
ISSC
James M. Furman
General Assembly
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Kaskaskia Canal
New Yorkers
ESTA
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Hulme N.E.A
Southern Illinois and
Lindsay-Schaub Newspaper
John C. Gardner
William B. Cox Jr
Wisconsin
SIU
Jim McPike
Dalton
Springfield
Furman
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