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Marijuana money mistakes documented in audit of new Springfield program funded with cannabis sales tax revenue illinoistimes.com/news-opini… via @ILTimes #twill
Marijuana money mistakes

Marijuana money mistakes

Audit of new city grant program finds many inconsistencies

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Illinois Times@ILTimes7 Dec 2023
Springfield District 186 report card was a "gut punch" illinoistimes.com/news-opini… via @ILTimes #twill @DeanOlsenIT @ShiaKapos
District 186 report card was a "gut punch"

District 186 report card was a "gut punch"

District isn't happy about the overall report. There is progress in some areas. It's a place to start.

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Illinois Times@ILTimes7 Dec 2023
Empowering the east side of Springfield through state grant funds for crime prevention programs illinoistimes.com/news-opini… via @ILTimes #twill
Empowering the east side

Empowering the east side

City awards grants to three organizations serving youth

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Illinois Times@ILTimes7 Dec 2023
Police pay to increase in Springfield illinoistimes.com/news-opini… via @ILTimes
Police pay to increase

Police pay to increase

Union officers and command staff to receive raises, bonuses

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Police pay to increase in Springfield illinoistimes.com/news-opini… via @ILTimes
Police pay to increase

Police pay to increase

Union officers and command staff to receive raises, bonuses

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Empowering the east side of Springfield through state grant funds for crime prevention programs illinoistimes.com/news-opini… via @ILTimes #twill
Empowering the east side

Empowering the east side

City awards grants to three organizations serving youth

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Springfield District 186 report card was a "gut punch" illinoistimes.com/news-opini… via @ILTimes #twill @DeanOlsenIT @ShiaKapos
District 186 report card was a "gut punch"

District 186 report card was a "gut punch"

District isn't happy about the overall report. There is progress in some areas. It's a place to start.

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Marijuana money mistakes documented in audit of new Springfield program funded with cannabis sales tax revenue illinoistimes.com/news-opini… via @ILTimes #twill
Marijuana money mistakes

Marijuana money mistakes

Audit of new city grant program finds many inconsistencies

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Call him Judge Wright: Sangamon County state's attorney named 7th Circuit's newest associate judge illinoistimes.com/news-opini… via @ILTimes #twill @DeanOlsenIT
Call him Judge Wright

Call him Judge Wright

State's Attorney Dan Wright chosen to be newest associate judge; John Milhiser nominated to fill vacancy

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Cassandro, Million Miles Away both touching biopics, Haunting in Venice a drawing room mystery illinoistimes.com/arts-cultu… via @ILTimes
Cassandro, Million Miles Away both touching biopics, Haunting in Venice a drawing room mystery

Cassandro, Million Miles Away both touching biopics, Haunting in Venice a drawing room mystery

Bernal drives colorful Cassandro In lucha libre (Mexican professional wrestling), an exotico is a male fighter who performs in drag. This is an outsized entertainer...

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Cool cars cruise into the capital city this weekend illinoistimes.com/arts-cultu… via @ILTimes
Cool cars cruise into the capital city this weekend

Cool cars cruise into the capital city this weekend

Get ready, Springfield. Hundreds of street machines, muscle cars and hot rods will rumble into the heart of the capital city starting Friday. They will...

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Campfire cooking illinoistimes.com/food-drink… via @ILTimes
Campfire cooking

Campfire cooking

Plan ahead, prep at home, enjoy

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Setting kids up for success illinoistimes.com/news-opini… via @ILTimes
Setting kids up for success

Setting kids up for success

Nostalgia makes for lousy public policy. When I was in high school, my best friend's dad was outraged that the state of Illinois mandated that...

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Cash bail comes to an end -- a look in Springfield, Illinois illinoistimes.com/news-opini… via @ILTimes #twill
Cash bail comes to an end

Cash bail comes to an end

New pretrial systems are in place, but outcomes still uncertain

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Construction begins at Scheels Sports Park at Legacy Pointe youtu.be/I8HfLZK6tSU?si=9uiH… via @YouTube
Construction begins at Scheels Sports Park at Legacy Pointe

Construction begins at Scheels Sports Park at Legacy Pointe

The $67 million, 95-acre indoor and outdoor youth sports park on Sp...

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Groundbreaking for Scheels Sports Park

Groundbreaking for Scheels Sports Park

Construction to start for a $67 million sports complex opening in 2025

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Coming back to Mass -- Catholic students in Springfield will lose subsidies if parents don't attend regularly illinoistimes.com/news-opini… via @ILTimes #twill
Coming back to Mass

Coming back to Mass

Catholic students will lose subsidies if parents don't attend regularly

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Check out my column this week, which features the man behind @Nomads4Pritzker:
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@Nomads4Pritzker14 Sep 2023
The Pantagraph wrote up on our ongoing project to spread Illinois to the rest of the country. Glory to the Khan! pantagraph.com/news/state-re…
Meet the man behind 'Nomadic Warriors for Pritzker' Twitter account

Meet the man behind 'Nomadic Warriors for Pritzker' Twitter account

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has generated organic appeal with a subset of left-leaning, very online voters. It's led to the creation of viral accounts like Trip Venturella's "Nomadic Warriors for Pritzker."

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Fall Home & Garden 2023 illinoistimes.com/special-is… via @ILTimes
Fall Home & Garden 2023

Fall Home & Garden 2023

The recent derecho has many people paying more attention to tree health and maintenance, and Fall Home & Garden has tips on how to be...

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St. Patrick's Catholic School wants state tax credits to continue illinoistimes.com/news-opini… via @ILTimes #twill
St. Patrick's wants tax credits to continue

St. Patrick's wants tax credits to continue

Invest In Kids Scholarship program will expire without action during fall veto session

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