February, 2018 Stories | SE Illinois News

Village of Freeburg Public Works Committee met February 14

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Feb 20, 2018

Village of Freeburg Public Works Committee met 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, February 14.

Village of Freeburg Public Property Committee met February 14

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Feb 20, 2018

Village of Freeburg Public Property Committee met 6 p.m. Wednesday, February 14.

Village of Freeburg Electric Committee met February 14

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Feb 20, 2018

Village of Freeburg Electric Committee met 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 14.

Village of Freeburg Board of Trustees met January 16

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Feb 20, 2018

Village of Freeburg Board of Trustees met 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 16.

City of Carmi City Council met February 6

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Feb 20, 2018

City of Carmi City Council met 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 6.

City of Carmi City Council will meet February 20

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Feb 20, 2018

City of Carmi City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 20.

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 | 7 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.

Monroe County Board of County Commissioners will meet February 20

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Feb 20, 2018

Monroe County Board of County Commissioners will meet at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 20.

Monroe County Board of County Commissioners will meet February 20

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Feb 20, 2018

Monroe County Board of County Commissioners will meet at 8 a.m. Tuesday, February 20.

City of Fairfield City Council met February 13

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Feb 20, 2018

City of Fairfield City Council met 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 13.

City of Fairfield City Council met January 23

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Feb 19, 2018

City of Fairfield City Council met 6 p.m. Tuesday, January 23.

Eldorado Community Unit 4 School District Board of Education met February 15

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Feb 19, 2018

Eldorado Community Unit 4 School District Board of Education met 7 p.m. Thursday, February 15.

Jasper Community Consolidated School District 17 Board met February 15

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Feb 19, 2018

Jasper Community Consolidated School District 17 Board met 6 p.m. Thursday, February 15.

Harrisburg City Council met February 15.

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Feb 19, 2018

Harrisburg City Council met at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15.

City of Mount Carmel City Council met January 29.

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Feb 19, 2018

City of Mount Carmel City Council met at 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 29.

SE Illinois pension funds: Where do taxpayers contribute most?

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 19, 2018

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

Reis silent on earlier support for embattled Mautino

By W.J. Kennedy | Feb 16, 2018

State Rep. David Reis (R-Willow Hill) had plenty to say on the House floor in October 2015 about his resolution endorsing former Rep. Frank Mautino, a Democrat, for auditor general. But he has nothing to say – at least to SE Illinois News – about Mautino’s ongoing troubles in the courts over questionable expenditures by his now-defunct House campaign.