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Chicago Tribune: Historical Lincoln items could go on auction block amid presidential museum foundation money woes
The Land of Lincoln is in such financial disarray, it’s looking at selling some of the Lincoln.
The foundation that supports the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum indicated Thursday that prestigious memorabilia tied to the home-state 16th president could be sold to help pay back a loan taken out to buy a trove of items more than a decade ago.
WBEZ: Documents: Rauner’s Own Administration Critical Of Legionnaires’ Notification
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s own administration formally rebuked the state agency overseeing the Quincy veterans’ home for how it told staffers about the fatal Legionnaires’ disease outbreak after workers there got sick in 2015.
The workplace safety reprimand issued by the state Department of Labor, first obtained by WBEZ, focused on a pair of emails Illinois Veterans Home administrators blasted out to state workers that seemed to downplay the threat of the disease.
Crain's Chicago Business: Study urges CTA to work with—not fight—Uber and Lyft
The Chicago Transit Authority should try to partner with ride-hailing services, particularly in poorly served areas of the city, rather than getting its back up and treating Uber and Lyft as competitors.
That’s according to a new study by DePaul University’s Chaddick Institute that may rev up an ongoing debate about whether ride-hailing companies are serving a new market—or whether they’re eating the CTA’s lunch and the agency ought to cut a deal.
Daily Herald: Antioch considers $200,000 incentive for new restaurant
Antioch officials are considering another big investment to spark activity in the village’s traditional downtown.
Investors are seeking a $200,000 incentive from the village to convert a vacant building at 945 Main St. (Route 83) into the Rivalry Ale House, a two-story restaurant with an all-season atrium and upper, outdoor eating area.
Decatur Herald & Review: One year later: $1.7 million Macon Street homes still for sale
A year after the Decatur Housing Authority finished building eight modular houses on the city’s near-west side, the energy-efficient, three-bedroom homes still sit empty as the search for buyers continues.
The homes in the 1000 block of West Macon Street, funded by $1.7 million from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, are part of an effort to stabilize and revitalize core neighborhoods. They cost $200,000 each to build, were assessed at $80,000 and have been listed for sale at $79,900.
Fox Illinois: Possible one percent sales tax increase discussed
Depending on which municipality you’re in determines how much sales tax you pay. For example, a one percent sales tax increase in Springfield would mean adjusting the rate to a 9.5 percent sales tax, almost as high as the rate in Chicago.
The current sales tax rate in Springfield combines the 6.25 state sales tax with a Springfield tax of 2.25 percent, bringing it to 8.5 percent.
State Journal-Register: Springfield aldermen attempt to defund acting tourism director’s salary
Some Springfield aldermen don’t think Janet Kirby, Benedictine University’s Springfield campus director, is the right person to be the Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau acting director come June.
So on Thursday, they requested an ordinance be drafted to defund the personnel line of the SCVB budget by $100,000, the equivalent of the acting director’s salary. The proposal will be considered Tuesday for emergency passage.
Belleville News-Democrat: Eliminating this metro-east park district could lower property tax bills by 25 percent
Taxpayers in the Collinsville area could see a 25 percent reduction in their property tax bills if voters cast their November ballots in favor of dissolving a park district that no longer oversees any parks.
As the Collinsville Area Recreation District, or CARD, began winding down its operations after years of financial woes, it started transferring the parks to Collinsville and Maryville.