Frozen county funds may thaw today
Jefferson County employees may receive paychecks later today but only after Mount Vernon attorney Ed Dull receives 497 dollars owed by the county board. Dull froze all county assets until his bill for public defender work in a juvenile case was paid, saying he will not lift a finger until the check is in hand. The emergency session approved payment. county business had been at a standstill as no checks or bills could be processed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Renshaw
Jefferson County
Mount Vernon
Jefferson County Board
Ed Dull
Dull
Trail of Tears study backs national historic trail plan
National Park Service surveys in Carbondale and eight other sites show broad support for commemorating the Trail of Tears as a national historic trail. Workshops drew 175 participants who urged Cherokee cultural site designation, accurate route marking, and multiple interpretive centers to explain the 1838 removal and its toll on thousands of Eastern Band Cherokee. A preliminary report due in summer 1985.
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Dave DeWitte
Illinois
National Park Service
Carbondale
Oklahoma
U.S
Mississippi
Park Service
Budget chief defends Build Illinois funding with new taxes
Illinois Budget Director Robert Mandeville outlines funding for Gov Thompson’s Build Illinois and education reform. Proposes taxes on used car sales, cigarettes, and interstate phone calls plus natural growth to cover about 2.3 billion dollars over eight years. He rejects debt fears, cites a 2.27 percent debt load and conservative revenue growth, and says legislators lack appetite for new taxes while determines funding choices.
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Tim Landis
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Robert Mandeville
Mandeville
Southern Illinois
James Thompson
Thompson
Build Islinois
Springfield
General Assembly
Reagan
Congress
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Borgsmiller Travels
Presley Tours, Inc
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