Illinois lawmakers push to repeal corporate tax hike
Seven Democrats introduce House Bill 3917 to repeal the January 7 percent corporate income tax increase, aiming to spur growth and level the playing field. Republicans back a two year phase out to 4.8 percent with triggers tied to unemployment, House Bill 3918. Senate and Medicaid funding questions loom as legislators weigh revenue impacts and job growth.
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Springfield
Illinois
Costello
House
Tom Cross
Roswego
General Assembly
Cross
Mike Best
Murphysboro
Best
Dan Brady
Bloomington
NHS to Collect Toys and Donations at Terriers Game
Carbondale Community High School’s National Honor Society will run a Toys for Tots drive at the Terriers versus Belleville Althoff game this Friday from 6 to 9 pm in the gym foyer. A Marine Honor Guard will present colors before the 7:45 pm tipoff, followed by a 50-50 raffle.
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Carbondale
National Honor Society
Carbondale Community High School
Terriers
Belleville Althoff
Steven Blair
NHS
NHL
Marine Corps
Blair
Marine Corps League
Auffenberg
CCHS
John Morgan
Illinois
Honor Society
Morgan
Democrats drop millionaires tax in year end dispute
In a year end move Democrats backed away from higher taxes on millionaires as they pushed to extend Social Security tax cuts and avoid a partial government shutdown. Republicans signaled willingness to adjourn for holidays as a $1 trillion funding bill stalled and discussions focused on a short term measure to keep the government open. Senate leaders met with Obama and top Republicans to push toward compromise amid partisan tension and blame on the Senate floor.
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Washington
Congress
GOP
White House
Dan Pfeiffer
Senate
Harry Reid
Dnev
Barack Obama
Capitol
John Boehner
Mitch McConnell
Kentucky
House
Obama
McConnell
Reid
Ewing awarded Human Rights Day honor in Southern Illinois
Preston Ewing Jr of Cairo receives the second annual Human Rights Day Award from the Southern Illinois Chapter of the UNA-USA in a brief SIU Carbondale ceremony. An exhibit on Human Rights Day is displayed at the law library entrance.
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Preston Ewing Jr
Cairo
Southern Illinois
United Nations Association of the United States of America
SIU Carbondale School of Law
Law Library
Olga D. Weidner
Una-Usa
Ewing
Mississippi
Ohio
The
NAACP
Weidner
UNA
Illinois
Preston
Ewing Jr
SIU
John Erbes
Rebecca O’neill
School of Law Legal Clinic
United Nations General Assembly
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Cambria
Toys R Us
Marine Corps Toys For ‘Toys Foundation
Toys For Tots Foundation
Toysfortots.org
Linda.rush
Thesouthern
Dems
Comfort Lane
Lane Cedar Chests
Financine
Hsil US
Wir
Penne
Penursery.com
Plantscape Nursery & Landscape Servic
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Herrin
Olney Centre
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Olney
Fairview Pank Plaza
West Broadway
Centralia
Marion
Frankfort Plaza
Frankfort
Frankfort, IL
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