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News from March 2024

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Average VA home loan amount in Alabama for Q1 totals $282,632

By Prairie State Wire | Mar 31, 2024

The average VA home loan amount in Illinois during the first quarter of the fiscal year 2024 was $282,632, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Who contributed the most in Illinois during week ending Feb. 10?

By Prairie State Wire | Mar 31, 2024

The top 100 political contributions made during the week ending Feb. 10 found here.

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Illinois collects $809 million in license tax revenue in Q4

By Prairie State Wire | Mar 30, 2024

Illinois collected $809 million in license taxes during the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

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Illinois collects $19 million in property tax revenue in Q4

By Prairie State Wire | Mar 30, 2024

Illinois collected $19 million in property taxes during the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

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Illinois’ combined tax revenues down 0.9% in Q4 compared to same quarter of the previous year

By Prairie State Wire | Mar 29, 2024

Illinois collected $14.6 billion in combined tax revenues, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

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Illinois State Board of Education, Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force met Feb. 26

By Kristine Gonzales-Abella | Mar 29, 2024

Illinois State Board of Education, Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force met Monday, Feb. 26

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Illinois State Board of Education met Feb. 15

By Kristine Gonzales-Abella | Mar 29, 2024

Illinois State Board of Education met Thursday, Feb. 15

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Illinois State Board of Education East St. Louis Financial Oversight Panel met March 26

By Kristine Gonzales-Abella | Mar 29, 2024

Illinois State Board of Education East St. Louis Financial Oversight Panel met Tuesday, March 26

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Illinois Department of Human Services Firearm Violence Research Group met Feb. 20

By Kristine Gonzales-Abella | Mar 29, 2024

Illinois Department of Human Services Firearm Violence Research Group met Tuesday, Feb. 20

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Illinois Department of Corrections Adult Advisory Board met March 26

By Kristine Gonzales-Abella | Mar 29, 2024

Illinois Department of Corrections Adult Advisory Board met Tuesday, March 26

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Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Asian American Advisory Council met March 27

By Kristine Gonzales-Abella | Mar 29, 2024

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Asian American Advisory Council met Wednesday, March 27

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Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Statewide Parent Advisory Council met March 26

By Kristine Gonzales-Abella | Mar 29, 2024

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Statewide Parent Advisory Council met Tuesday, March 26

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Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission Human Rights Authority Springfield Region met March 26

By Kristine Gonzales-Abella | Mar 29, 2024

Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission Human Rights Authority Springfield Region met Tuesday, March 26

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Metropolitan Pier Exposition Authority met March 26

By Kristine Gonzales-Abella | Mar 29, 2024

Metropolitan Pier Exposition Authority met Tuesday, March 26

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Medicaid Advisory Committee, N.B. Stakeholder Subcommittee met March 25

By Kristine Gonzales-Abella | Mar 29, 2024

Medicaid Advisory Committee, N.B. Stakeholder Subcommittee met Monday, March 25

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Respiratory virus levels drop across Illinois; all counties see low COVID-19 hospitalizations

By Prairie State Wire | Mar 29, 2024

Illinois has reported a decrease in respiratory virus levels, with all counties now classified at a low level for COVID-19 hospitalizations for the first time since October. According to CDC data from the week ending March 23, there was a 20% decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations across the state.

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Illinois’ property tax revenues up 5.6% in Q4 compared to same quarter of the previous year

By Prairie State Wire | Mar 28, 2024

Illinois collected $19 million in property tax revenues, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

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GOP National Committeeman Porter: Pritzker's Prisoner Review Board ‘throwing Illinoisans to the wolves’

By Prairie State Wire | Mar 28, 2024

Illinois' Republican National Committeeman Richard Porter says Democrat Governor J.B. Pritzker's move to free more violent criminals from Illinois prisons by appointing "crazy activists" to the state's parole board is "throwing Illinoisans to the wolves."

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Job gains reported in most Illinois metro areas despite rising unemployment rates

By Prairie State Wire | Mar 28, 2024

Over the past year, total nonfarm jobs have increased in eleven metropolitan areas and decreased in three for the period ending February 2024. This information comes from data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (DES). However, all fourteen metropolitan areas saw an increase in unemployment rates over the same period.

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Who's on Gov. Pritzker's Prisoner Review Board?

By LGIS News Service | Mar 27, 2024

Gov. J.B. Pritzker's Prisoner Review Board is under fire for showing leniency to violent felon Crosetti Brand, who critically wounded his ex-girlfriend and stabbed her eleven year-old son to death, a day after his release from state prison.