Illinois to test federal SenioRx program nationwide
Illinois will receive 100 million dollars from the federal government to expand prescription drug coverage for about 368 thousand low income seniors under the SenioRx Care program. Beginning June 1 the program will cover virtually all drugs with enrollment fees and fixed copayments, scaling up to 150 million next year.
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Bush State of the Union seen as staging for agenda
President Bush used his State of the Union address to align priorities with broad public support, emphasizing terrorism and economic recovery while hinting at protections for workers amid Enron scrutiny. The piece notes the speech’s orchestrated tone, limits of influence, and the forthcoming political dynamics ahead of elections with broader statecraft and policy agendas.
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Bush Sets Mission Against a New Kind of Enemy
President Bush framed the nation’s trials as a war on terrorism and a recession at home while urging unity. He outlined top goals to defeat terrorism, protect the country, and revive the economy, and called for at least two years or 4,000 hours of national service. He warned of three regimes North Korea Iraq and Iran pursuing weapons of mass destruction.
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Afghanistan
North Korea
Iraq
Iran
Orco Signs Epic Deal After Breakthrough at WTAO Battle
Orco signs with Epic Records after winning WTAO Battle of the Bands at Du Quoin State Fair in 2000 and gaining local radio support. A March 2001 interview praised their high energy live shows and momentum continues as they plan a May album deadline. Fans in Southern Illinois are lauded as driving their rise.
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Pearl Jam
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du Quoin
the Southern
Matt Mellen
Rock 105 Tao
Mellen
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Jeff Pillson
Los Angeles
Davis
Illinois
God Bless Them
Franklin Hospital sale nears as CHS interest grows
Schaefer notes ongoing negotiations while Dick Rice calls the latest development encouraging for Benton and Franklin County health care. If finalized, the sale would be SIH’s second Franklin County facility sold in a year and its third Southern Illinois property, following the UMWA Hospital sale to West Frankfort and subsequent transfer to At Home Health.
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Dick Rice
Benton
Franklin County
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Illinois
Umwa Hospital
West Frankfort
At Home Health, Inc
Accuracy Note on Southern Illinoisan Error
A reader report cites wrong attribution in Tuesdays Southern about Pinckneyville school board. Opponents allegedly objected to posted pictures of school problems on the district site, per the accuracy hotline.
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Pinckneyville
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