Weather outlook with warm trend and scattered storms
Mostly sunny today with a high near 80s to mid 80s. Tonight fair and warmer. Friday very warm with highs 85 to 90. A chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday. Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with highs in the upper 70s to upper 80s and lows 60s to 70s. Local records show 79 high and 57 low Wednesday with 71 at 7 pm and no precipitation. National forecast calls for showers Thursday across a band Texas to Georgia and Florida and parts of Maine.
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Unity Point district growth tests HB 935 reorg push
Unity Point leaders defend rapid growth and oppose HB 935 proposing a state review to consolidate districts. Opponents say reorganization erodes local control and raises transportation concerns. ISBE backs recommendations favoring consolidation with geographic considerations and a 1987 July effective date.
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Giant City and Unity Point boards oppose consolidation
Giant City School Board President Charles Newton says the Giant City board agrees with Unity Point School Board remarks opposing consolidation and not that Unity Point speaks for all schools. Unity Point president comments echoed in a joint resolution opposing the efforts.
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Murphysboro council weighs 3.5 million in TIF aided project
Developers expect a 60 day window to decide leasing 50 percent of retail space and proceed with the Murphysboro project. If approved the council will seek industrial revenue bonds and state CDAP funds. Additional firms seek TIF aid while street and utility upgrades hinge on growth.
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Carbondale bid call on clinic unanswered
In Carbondale the bid opening for private physicians to run the Emma C Hayes Center clinic failed with no bids received. The city hoped a former clinician and an out-of-town partner would take over and offer reduced cost care to qualifying low income patients under a sliding-fee plan.
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