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La Rose 2017 Consolidated General Election Results

By LocalLabs News Service | Apr 28, 2017

Election results from April 4.

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Bay View Gardens 2017 Consolidated General Election Results

By LocalLabs News Service | Apr 19, 2017

Election results from April 4.

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Peoria County Board adopts 2016 Strategic Plan

By LocalLabs News Service | Jan 9, 2017

Peoria County Board adopts 2016 Strategic Plan at is recent meeting.

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Glasford Board of Trustees renews contract with Peoria County Animal Protection Services

By LocalLabs News Service | Dec 26, 2016

Glasford Board of Trustees renews contract with Peoria County Animal Protection Services at its recent meeting.

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Peoria County Board of Health discuss Community Health Improvement Plan

By LocalLabs News Service | Dec 26, 2016

Peoria County Board of Health discuss Community Health Improvement Plan during a recent meeting.

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Village of Norwood Board of Trustees approves bill payments

By LocalLabs News Service | Dec 26, 2016

Village of Norwood Board of Trustees approves bill payments at its recent meeting.

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West Peoria Transportation Committee tours several sidewalks in town to assess their condition

By LocalLabs News Service | Dec 12, 2016

West Peoria Transportation Committee tours several sidewalks in town to assess their condition during a recent meeting.

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Analysis: 20 private taxpayers for every state/local government worker, pensioner in 73rd House District

By LocalLabs News Service | Nov 22, 2016

Among registered voters, private sector taxpayers outnumber state and local public sector workers and pensioners nearly 20 to one in the 73rd Illinois House district, according to a Peoria Standard analysis.

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Analysis: Nine private taxpayers for every state/local government worker, pensioner in 93rd House District

By LocalLabs News Service | Nov 18, 2016

Among registered voters, private sector taxpayers outnumber state and local public sector workers and pensioners nearly nine to one in the 93rd Illinois House district, according to a West Central Reporter analysis.

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Analysis: Nine private taxpayers for every state/local government worker, pensioner in 91st House District

By LocalLabs News Service | Nov 18, 2016

Among registered voters, private sector taxpayers outnumber state and local public sector workers and pensioners more than nine to one in the 91st Illinois House district, according to a Peoria Standard analysis.

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Illinois Employment Security Advisory Board presents financials

By LocalLabs News Service | Nov 9, 2016

The Illinois Employment Security Advisory Board met March 17 to present the quarterly financials.

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llinois Workforce Innovation Board revises by-laws

By LocalLabs News Service | Nov 9, 2016

The Illinois Workforce Innovation Board met Feb. 25 to revise the by-laws.

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Madigan documentary streaming online on newspapers' websites

By LocalLabs News Service | Oct 24, 2016

Three Illinois daily newspapers are hosting on-demand screenings of the "Madigan: Power. Privilege. Politics." video.

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Documentary 'Madigan: Power. Privilege. Politics' airing on TV, in theaters

By LocalLabs News Service | Oct 17, 2016

A new documentary about Illinois' long-serving Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan is in the midst of several scheduled showings on local TV, a prelude to what its conservative backers say will be even broader distribution in the final weeks before the general election.

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Illinois GOP launches voter-fraud hot line after Kankakee bribery allegations

By LocalLabs News Service | Oct 5, 2016

The Illinois Republican Party (ILGOP) launched a voter-fraud hot line today, in response to complaints of bribes for votes

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Confusion follows shuttering of Illinois health insurance co-op

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

Policy holders who bought from an insurance co-op in Illinois remain upset and confused about the future of their care more than a month after the debt-laden company was ordered to close by insurance regulators.

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Latest round of John Deere layoffs unfortunate but not surprising, conservative think tank associate says

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

Manufacturing workers in Illinois suffered yet another blow this week when a major machinery manufacturer announced the layoffs of hundreds of workers in Illinois, an associate for a Chicago-based conservative think tank said in a recent article.

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Amid talk of strike, rhetoric between AFSCME, state officials heats up

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

While whispers of "strike" continue to be heard among the membership of the state's largest public sector union, the on-and-off negotiations with the governor reveal the power of that union, the president of a nonpartisan public-interest litigation center said.

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National $15 minimum wage could exacerbate Illinois job losses

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

With Congress weighing legislation that would bring the minimum wage up to $15 per hour by 2021, Illinois faces job losses as a result of the Pay Workers a Living Wage Act.

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Streator man says Mautino probes began with his decision to speak out

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

Despite a federal criminal investigation underway and state lawmakers continually calling on Illinois's embattled Auditor General Frank Mautino to answer questions about prior campaign expenditures, the only person who has filed a complaint said he feels all alone.