West Frankfort Fire Department responded to 125 calls in 2017 - 38.9 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this weak overturning a decades-old decision allowing unions to charge non-members for lobbying seems to belong a world away, ideologically, from the one in 1977 that said such fees were constitutional.
West City Fire Department responded to 80 calls in 2017 - 21.2 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.
Cave Eastern Fire Protection District responded to 20 calls in 2017 - 4.8 percent less than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.
Among Illinois’ most populous urban centers, the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Metro East, posted the highest percentage of mortgages that owe at least 25 percent more on their loans than their property is worth, according to a home equity analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions.
Pamela Harris said June 27 was a day to celebrate economic liberty and the restoration of the First Amendment rights to millions of workers and their families.
The attorney for Mark Janus said a recent U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Janus vs. ASCME case is a giant win for constitutional freedoms and public sector employees nationwide.
State Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) is applauding the Supreme Court decision that absolves non-union workers from being obligated to pay fees that are used for collective bargaining.
Coello Fire Department responded to 13 calls in 2017 - 18.8 percent less than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.
Christopher Fire Department responded to 37 calls in 2017 - 146.7 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.
Not only is Illinois' overall population in deep decline, the number of people in prime working age also is going down in the state, a Chicago-based Conservative think tank said in a recent report.
Three colleges in Chicago had the highest default rates among private colleges in Illinois for borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 and defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis.
Among Illinois counties, Piatt, Moultrie and Monroe had the highest percentage of property owners with mortgages who have at least 50 percent equity in their homes, according to an analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions looking at home equity at the end of the first quarter.
Among Illinois counties, Boone, Montgomery and Bond had the highest percentage of property owners with mortgages who owe at least 25 percent more on their loans than their property is worth, according to an analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions looking at home equity at the end of the first quarter.
Two offenders released on parole during the first quarter live near Illinois zip code 62884, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by North Egypt News.
One offender released on parole during the first quarter lives near Illinois zip code 62999, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by North Egypt News.
A former economics professor who is an adviser to the Heartland Institute believes the best way to overcome Illinois’ unsustainable debt is to do what no state has done since the 1930s: declare bankruptcy.
Fourteen offenders released on parole during the first quarter live near Illinois zip code 62864, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by North Egypt News.