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Your turn: The unintended consequences of raising sports betting taxes in Illinois
Imagine you're managing your household budget, already stretched thin by rising costs for groceries, utilities and everyday necessities. Now, imagine the state government decides to double your property taxes overnight, leaving you scrambling to make ends meet. This is essentially the scenario Illinois sports betting operators are facing with a...
King Julian to ‘move it, move it’ to a new home at Kansas Zoo
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — King Julian, a ring-tailed lemur, found last year in a Bloomington area garage, will leave Miller Park Zoo for his new home in Kansas. The new zoo, Sunset Zoological Park in Manhattan, Kan., has two other lemurs which were also rescued from inappropriate living conditions. This will give “Julian the opportunity […]
Farmer City high school, elementary students team up, build bird houses
FARMER CITY, Ill. (WCIA) — Thanks to a PNC foundation grant, Blue Ridge Elementary Students got hands-on with their bird studies with help from industrial technology students from the Blue Ridge High School. “It makes me think of how we got to make projects when I was in elementary school,” said high school student Carmen Ellis. […]
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