North Egypt News

From Prairie State Wire

Better Government Association says Obama didn't say fathers in the home is a solution to gun violence -- but he did

By Karen Kidd | 6 years ago

Sometimes the fact-checker needs a good fact-checking.

100 most frugal cities in Illinois

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 28, 2018

Village of Woodlawn, Village of Dix and Village of Ina top the list in Illinois with the lowest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

North Egypt among regions to receive child crime victim funds

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 27, 2018

Franklin County will receive a $41,396 grant out of $2.7 million in funds earmarked for 17 Illinois counties to help children who have been victims of violent crimes, according to a state criminal justice agency.

Statewide test results: 63 percent of Akin Community Consolidated failed English language arts

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 27, 2018

About 37 percent of Akin Community Consolidated Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 63 percent of students failed.

Analysis: 67 percent of Akin Community Consolidated students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 27, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 33 percent of Akin Community Consolidated Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

Statewide test results: 70 percent of Akin Community Consolidated students failed math

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 27, 2018

About 30 percent of Akin Community Consolidated Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 70 percent of students failed.

From Prairie State Wire

Analysis: 9 Illinois public colleges hike in-state tuition faster than inflation over 3 years

By Local Labs News Service | 6 years ago

Nine public schools in Illinois raised tuition faster than inflation over a three-year period, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of in-state tuition for 2013-14 and 2016-17 at 115 public colleges and universities in 10 Midwest states.

100 biggest spenders: What Illinois cities rank highest?

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 26, 2018

Village of West City and City of Mt. Vernon top the list in Illinois with the highest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

Statewide test results: 58 percent of Ewing-Northern students failed math

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 25, 2018

About 42 percent of Ewing-Northern Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 58 percent of students failed.

Analysis: 47 percent of Ewing-Northern students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 25, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 53 percent of Ewing-Northern Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

Statewide test results: 37 percent of Ewing-Northern failed English language arts

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 25, 2018

About 63 percent of Ewing-Northern Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 37 percent of students failed.

Analysis: North Egypt SNAP participation costs fell nearly 9 percent over two years

By LGIS Newsfeed | Feb 23, 2018

Welfare offices in Mt. Vernon and Benton saw food stamp costs drop by an average of 8.87 percent from January 2015 to January 2017, according to a North Egypt News analysis of 66 Illinois welfare offices.

From SW Illinois News

CORRECTED: Ad calls Bryant a 'Madigan pawn'

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

State Rep. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) is portrayed as having “served up” her constituents in the 115th House District in a new Liberty Principles PAC ad on YouTube ridiculing her as a pawn of powerful House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago).

North Egypt pension funds: Where do taxpayers contribute least?

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 21, 2018

Government pension funds in Benton depended least on taxpayer contributions to make ends meet in 2016, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance.

From Southern Illinois News

Heated debate marks Senate panel hearing on veterans' home

By Angela Underwood | 6 years ago

Before Sen. Thomas Cullerton (D-Villa Park), chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, could adjourn a recent hearing involving a 2016 engineering report on the Quincy Veterans' Home, Sens. Paul Schimpf (R-Waterloo) and Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) made it clear the short notice for a hearing does not give Democrats the right to judge Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration for not addressing the Legionnaires' outbreak at the facility.

From Prairie State Wire

Analysis: Illinois residents pay up to 99 percent more to attend Division I schools than peers in other states

By Local Labs News Service | 6 years ago

Illinois residents pay up to 76 percent more to attend a Big Ten school and up to 49 percent more to attend a Mid-America Conference school than their counterparts in other states, according to a Higher Education Tribune’s analysis of in-state tuition at public colleges and universities in 10 Midwest states.

Statewide test results: 73 percent of Rome Community Consolidated failed English language arts

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 19, 2018

About 27 percent of Rome Community Consolidated Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and nearly three quarters of students failed.

Statewide test results: 81 percent of Rome Community Consolidated students failed math

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 19, 2018

About 19 percent of Rome Community Consolidated Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 81 percent of students failed.

Analysis: 77 percent of Rome Community Consolidated students fail annual tests

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 19, 2018

Academic results data released recently reveals 23 percent of Rome Community Consolidated Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level.

North Egypt pension funds: Where do taxpayers contribute most?

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 19, 2018

Government pension funds in Benton depended most on taxpayer contributions to make ends meet in 2016, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance.