Norge Vote Set If Proposal Is Drawn Today
A 5 p.m. Thursday vote by 1,050 Norge Herrin plant workers aims to end a six week strike if a new contract proposal emerges in talks today. Negotiations resumed at 9:30 a.m. after Tuesday’s five hour session yielded no new agreement as office workers vote to join 60 clerical staff in the Office and Professional Employees International Union.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinois
Herrin Norge
Norge
Office and Professional Employees International Union
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Lodge 554
Philip Bradley
Williamson County weighs eight percent rise in farm assessments
Williamson County Board of Review will reconvene to raise farm land assessments by about 8 percent after the Illinois Department of Revenue ordered a revision. Officials warn the change may delay tax bills and cash flow for taxing districts as counties align with the productivity index formula. Public hearing planned. Assessor Whitson notes fairness concerns versus neighboring counties.
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Dave DeWitte
Williamson County
Illinois Department of Revenue
Williamson County Board of Review
Illinois
Judy Whitson
Williamson County Board
Illinois General Assembly
Curtis Palmer
J. Thomas Johnson
Whitson
Bill Mattingly
Mattingly
County Board of Review
Bill Brown
Brown
Bill Andrew
Department of Revenue
Andrew
Final multipliers kept for Jackson and Union counties
Illinois Department of Revenue assigns final multipliers 1.6902 for Jackson County and 2.3978 for Union County to equalize non farm property assessments toward 33.3 percent. Both tentative and final figures match, indicating no substantive changes in county assessment levels.
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Jackson
Union
Illinois Department of Revenue
Jackson County
Union County
Father of the Year contest invite and weather note
Entry request asks writers to name their father as Father of the Year, with both names and contact details. postmark deadline May 29. The Southern Illinoisan will print many eligible letters. National Weather Service forecasts fair tonight with a low near 50, then sunny and warmer Thursday with highs around 80 to 85.
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Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Ill
National Weather Service
Illinois House Backs Coal Use Measures Amid Senate Split
Legislation to promote Illinois coal passed the House while a Senate bill to ban pass-through of imported low-sulfur coal costs failed. Two-bill package by Rep. Doug Kane targets bond act funds for Illinois coal projects and requires the Illinois Institute of Natural Resources to favor cleaner coal use in plants and boilers. Entities named include Illinois Coal Association United Mine Workers and Illinois Environmental Council.
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Don Levener
Mike Lawrence
Springfield
Illinois
Illinois House
Senate
Doug Kane
Ilinois Coal Association
United Mine Workers
Kane
Illinois Institute of Natural Resources
Illinois Environmental Council
Environmental Financing Authority Act
Legisla
Illinois Senate blocks coal transport cost bill
The Illinois Senate rejected a bill by Sen. Gene Johns to bar utilities from passing coal transport costs to consumers. The measure needed 30 votes and fell short by nine, with Johns arguing job losses in Southern Illinois. In the House, a mine reclamation bill sponsored by Rep. Robert Winchester passed to protect the public from abandoned non coal mines in emergencies.
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Gene Johns
Marion
Illinois
House
Johns
Robert C. Winchester
R-Rosiclare
Winchester
Southern Illinois University
Hardin
Pope
House votes to close open meetings gaps
The Illinois House approved a measure strengthening the open meetings law by a 133 to 8 vote. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jim Reilly, adds a 45 day limit for suits, requires minutes and public notice, and allows courts to void actions from illegal secret sessions while preserving some private discussions for personnel, land, and litigation.
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House
Mike Briggs
Springfield
Tyrone C. Fahner
Jim Reilly
Jacksonville
Senate
Daniel M. Pierce
Highland Park
Edward E. Bluthardt
Schiller Park
Jack T. Dunn
Reinley Park
General Assembly
Reilly
Wayne Alstat
R-Vergennes
Mny
Ralph Dunn
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