Airport tower fight heats up in Southern Illinois region
Area airports near Carbondale and Marion clash over control towers amid FAA funding debates. Southern Illinois Airport touts busier traffic and a longer operation history while Williamson County Airport cites regional reach and influx from Ozark. A GAO report fave conflicting data, prompting defense from airport officials and lawmakers.
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Southern Illinois
Williamson County
Marion- Herrin
Ozark
Carbondale
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Southern Illinois Air
Williamson
FAA
House Appropriations
Reagan Administration
General Accounting Office
Congress
U.S
Paul Simon
GAO
Simon
Marion-Herrin
Marion
Illinois
Southern
Gene Seibert
Southern Illinoisan
Seibert
Wil
Liamson County
Great Lakes
Ozark Air Lines
Airlines
Davies Gym renovation 25 percent done ahead of schedule
SIUC project architect Allen Haake says Davies Gymnasium renovation is 25 percent complete six months in, about 2 percent ahead of schedule. Completion is planned about one year from now, weather permitting. exterior work to finish in two months and roof and plumbing already roughed in.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Allen Haake
SIUC
Haake
Law School
State Capital Development Board
U.S. 51
University
Anna mayor defends July 3 holiday for city workers
Anna Mayor Robert Ferrell said July 3, a paid city holiday, was within ordinances and would cost about 1,900 to 2,600 dollars for 68 employees. Council member Tom Campbell criticized the move, while Ferrell defended spending and noted extra garbage coverage and on call staff for holidays. Ferrell did not attend the council meeting, citing tiredness and expectations of no controversy.
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Anna
Robert Ferrell
Tom Campbell
Halcomb
Ferrell
Campbell
Howard Holcomb
Holcomb
Herrin and IEPA near settlement over sewage plant
Herrin and the Illinois EPA move toward a tentative settlement to a 20 month old complaint over the city sewage treatment plant. An July 31 hearing at Herrin City Hall will decide the agreement’s terms and potential withdrawal of the complaint.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
IEPA
Steve Ewart
Paul Murphy
Monty Cooper
Murphy
Donald Swinford
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Joseph Kelleher
The
Pollution Control Board
Herrin City Hall
Carbondale eyes future of CDBG block grant
City Manager Carroll Fry outlined how Carbondale will spend a $1 million federal Community Development Block Grant for the coming year. He warned that shifting CDBG control to the states could endanger second and third year funding, forcing the city to compete for Small Cities funds next year and risking losses to its budget.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois.n
Carbondale
Carroll Fry
Congress
Reagan
HUD
Fry
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Illinois
Thompson
General Fund
East Chestnut Street
Barnes
Washington
Calendar of Federal Regulations highlights 113 agency projects
Ben Gelman notes the Calendar of Federal Regulations lists 113 regulatory proposals across energy environment finance health human resources trade and transport. The fifth edition under Reagan shows reduced activity yet ongoing proposals from agencies like HUD DOT EPA and CPSC with acronyms and upcoming studies plus a call to order copies from the Regulatory Information Service Center in Washington.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Federal Register
Reagan
U.S. Regulatory Council
Regulatory Information Service Center
HUD
DOT
EPA
SEC
APHIS
Animal
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