Marion board weighs redistricting options with tax watchdogs proposal
The Marion Unit 2 Board of Education faces a decision on redistricting after the Committee for Fiscal Responsibility proposed mothballing part of the Creal Springs school to keep four in town schools as K 5 facilities. Leaders Ron Osman and Tom Wolf cite education concerns spanning four years and urged a referendum before Creal Springs construction. The finance panel in December proposed actions to erase a deficit exceeding 7 million by June 2013.
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Marion
Marion Unit 2 Board of Education
Committee For Fiscal Responsibility
Ron Osman
Tom Wolf
Creal Springs
Osman
Wolf
Shawnee teacher honored for levee awareness work
Shawnee High School teacher Jamie Nash Mayberry was publicly honored Sunday by residents for efforts with her students to alert area residents, Congress, the Corps of Engineers, and even Oprah about the fragile Mississippi River levees. Della McMahan-Shepard led a Levee Celebration Committee that organized the school gym gathering.
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Jamie Nash-Mayberry
Shelly Clover-Hill
Nash-Mayberry
Riverside
Jamie
Della McMahan- Shepard
Jamie Nash Mayberry
Congress
Corps of Engineers
Oprah
Mississippi River
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Levee Project Praised by District Officials and Nash Mayberry
Union County leaders welcomed a large district crowd as Randy Lambdin thanked Nash Mayberry and her Shawnee High School students for their flood plain levee work. The teacher said the board and administration were a helper, and the class learned they can make a difference.
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Jackson
Union
Alexander Counties
Union County Board
Randy Lambdin
Lambdin
Nash-Mayberry
Nash- Mayberry
The Southern Click and Connect Poll Story
The northern newspaper notes a poll named Simon Poll and references additional coverage available at a listed website. The brief item hints at a tech or connectivity theme without detailing results or context.
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Simon
Thaes
Herm.com
Simon Poll dark mood in Illinois poll results
The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute releases the fourth annual Simon Poll showing a generally dark mood among Illinois voters. It highlights support for electoral reform and redistricting changes, mixed views on budgets and revenue, and cautious attitudes on immigration while noting low approval for Gov. Quinn and the president. The 2011 survey of 1,000 registered voters nationwide across Illinois finds few think the state or nation is headed right.
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Carbondale
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
Simon
Illinois
Pat Quinn
Chicago
Illinois seeks to expand Medicaid by 100000 Cook County residents
Springfield outlines a plan to accelerate Obamacare expansion and enroll 100000 childless low income Cook County residents in Medicaid two years early. The cost would be shared by Cook County and the federal government at about 125 million dollars annually each, with potential impact on downstate taxpayers.
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Illinois
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services
Cook County
Feds
Mike Claffey
Department of Healthcare and Family Services
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