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Illinois to begin replacing pickup truck plates in 2020

SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) -- Trucks in Illinois with older license plates will soon need new plates, Secretary of State Jesse White announced Friday that his office will begin phasing out the oldest B-Truck plates beginning this month. It’s similar to the program White’s office started in 2017 with passenger vehicles. B-Truck plates that were made from 2002 through 2007 will be replaced this year. In 2021, B-Truck plates that were manufactured from 2008 through 2009 will be replaced and the […]

todayJanuary 13, 2020 29

Illinois

Illinois news in brief for Monday, Jan. 13, 2020

'Rape in Champaign’ email is linked to prisoner's early release, Tribune reports As investigators look into a 2012 email to staff of then-Gov. Pat Quinn about a “rape in Champaign,” the Chicago Tribune reported it could deal with an inmate released from prison early by Quinn in 2010 who later sexually assaulted a young girl. The paper reported the state employee who the email said “kept his mouth shut” worked at the facility that admitted the suspect for the sex crime. Soldier […]

todayJanuary 13, 2020 50

Illinois

Restoration work on Illinois landmark completed with private donations, $350,000 from state

OREGON, Ill. (The Center Square) -- Restoration work is complete on a northern Illinois landmark. The Eternal Indian statue at Lowden State Park near Oregon has spent most of the past five years under a plastic covering to protect it from the elements. Now a project to repair damaged concrete on the 109-year-old, 50-foot-tall structure has wrapped up. “Scaffolding is coming down, the tarp is off, and you can see the statue,” said Crystal Curfman, executive director of the Illinois Conservation […]

todayJanuary 13, 2020 49

Capital Area Region

Kevin Nash revealed as special guest for indie wrestling show in Springfield

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A wrestling legend in three different professional promotions will be making a guest appearance during an independent wrestling show in May, according to an announcement from indie organization Pinfall Wrestling Association. The Springfield-based indie wrestling federation revealed on YouTube, represented in the video by commissioner Billy Alexander and "The Analyst" Robert Leach, details regarding the tenth annual Grand Wrestling Spectacle, which has been held in several venues including its upcoming venue. In a breakdown of the […]

todayJanuary 3, 2020 93

Commentary

COMMENTARY: Political New Year’s resolutions for 2020

I wrote a Letter to the Editor which was sent out to roughly a dozen publications over the weekend, but only one took the time to publish it. I feel it was appropriate to share: As we enter a new year, a new decade and yet another election cycle, the ongoing question from fed-up voters keep ringing in my mind: “Why don’t we have other candidates running for office? These candidates on the ballot are awful!”   It’s an easy […]

todayDecember 30, 2019 92

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Population loss in Illinois more than 51,000 in 2019, most lost in decade

(The Center Square) -- Illinois lost nearly 105,000 people in net domestic migration from 2018 to 2019, according to new numbers from the U.S. Census Monday. In total, the Land of Lincoln lost on net 51,250 people, the largest annual population decline this decade. Its the sixth consecutive year Illinois' population declined. The 51,250 in net population loss is roughly the size of the village of Hoffman Estates in suburban Chicago or Normal in downstate McLean County. The U.S. Census […]

todayDecember 30, 2019 68

Business & Lifestyle

Small business owners prepare for minimum wage hikes in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) -- Small business owners around the state are preparing for two minimum wage hikes in 2020. The minimum wage for most employees in Illinois will increase to $9.25 on Jan. 1 and then will jump to $10 an hour in July. “Our members, especially those in downstate small communities, are very concerned because so many of them are the small cafes and restaurants, the small retailers who provide a lot of entry-level jobs for folks in […]

todayDecember 28, 2019 27

Business & Lifestyle

Illinois’ new parking tax takes effect Jan. 1; critics say it will cost jobs

SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) -- To help generate $45 billion in new revenue for the Rebuild Illinois infrastructure plan, the state will start taxing parking businesses on Jan. 1. The tax will be 6 percent of the parking rate for hourly, daily or weekly parking. The tax rate will be 9 percent on monthly or yearly parking spaces. The new monthly revenue will then be used to pay for general expenses with the infrastructure plan. Because the tax doesn’t qualify […]

todayDecember 22, 2019 19

Commentary

COMMENTARY: Elections limited to two-party system is unhealthy

Uncontested elections are even worse Petitioning recently ended for the members of the political duopoly for their upcoming primary election in Illinois taking place on March 17, 2020. Only in two counties was a political party that was neither Democrat nor Republican allowed to slate candidates for their own partisan primary. Libertarians in McLean and Kankakee counties recently filed their petitions for their own party primary. It's bad enough when your choices are often limited to Democrat or Republican, but […]

todayDecember 12, 2019 111

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