Fourth RTA bus system to shut down Chicago
Chicago and its suburbs face a widening transit crisis as the Regional Transportation Authority exhausts fuel subsidies. RTA leaders, lawmakers, and Mayor Byrne sought a budget plan with 10 options, including fare hikes, labor review, and board restructuring, to keep mass transit running.
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Chicago
Regional Transportation Authority
Jane Byrne
Byrne
Patrick L. O’malley
Joliet
Aurora
West Towns
South Suburban Safeway Lines
Suburban Transit Systems
Suburban
Chicago Transit Authority
West Town
Oak Park
Illinois Department of Labor
Louis Lohman
Aurora Police Department
Rock Island Railroad
Chicago & North Western Transportation Co
Rock Island
Peggy Kent
Illinois House
Michael Madigan
Madigan
Williamson hires firm to determine farmland productivity
Williamson County boards move to implement Illinois productivity based farmland assessments. Land Measurement Systems Inc. will collect parcel data and computerize it to apply the formula, at a contract cost of 63466.88. The county aims for state conformity while applying an 8 percent farm property tax increase.
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Williamson
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County Board
Illinois Department of Revenue
Williamson County Board of Review
Curtis Palmer
Palmer
Land Measurement Systems Inc
Glen Carbon
Illinois Department of Transportation
IDOT
United States Department of Transportation
Big Muddy River
Blairsville
John A. Logan College
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Rainfall run heavy in Southern Illinois May
May brought triple normal rainfall in parts of Southern Illinois with 12.32 inches near Marion and Rend Lake reporting 10.53 inches for May. Forecasters expect more rain into June as cold fronts repeatedly push through, raising thunderstorm chances and keeping temperatures in the mid-80s to 90s late week.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Don Semancik
National Weather Service
Cairo
Semancik
Steve Piltz
Illinoi
Carbondale
Piltz
May
Weather Service
Mildred Mignone
Marion
Mignone
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rend Lake
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
High Court rules zoning cannot ban nude dancing nationwide
The Supreme Court 7-2 rules zoning laws may not ban nude dancing as a total entertainment ban. Mount Ephraim New Jersey faced a ban on live nude performances at a local arcade, rejected as unconstitutional. Justice White leads the majority, noting broad zoning power but constitutional limits. Burger and Rehnquist dissent favor allowing communities to maintain quiet residential atmospheres.
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Washington Star
Washington City
Supreme Court
Camden
N.J
Byron R. White
Mount Ephraim
White
Warren E. Burger
Philadelphia
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Jerry Lower
Outi
Melody Acres
Herrin
Cel
Scott Ford
Mona Hopper and
Kelly Caringer
William Humphreys
Carterville
Williamson County Housing Authority Board
Humphreys
Robert Power
James Fly
Robert Hudson
Lakeside Water District Board
John Thomas Clayton
Ralph Claunch
Tom Fore
Devil’s Kitchen Water District Board
Barbara Lackman
John Stanley
Henry Manfredini
Bill Stevens
Johnston City
Steve Aschieris
Williamson County Probation Office
Williamson County Community Mental Health Board
General Telephone Co
County Highway Department
Ann Landers
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