In budget bind, Decatur cuts golf sponsorship

By Joe Kaiser

05/15/2018

The Decatur City Council moved to stop paying $20,000 to sponsor a golf tournament with the village of Forsyth, a sensible move for a shrinking city operating on a budget deficit.

TAGS: budget, Decatur, deficit, Macon County, outmigration, property taxes, taxes

As Macon County shrinks, property tax rates grow

By Joe Kaiser

05/01/2018

With countywide population dipping, remaining taxpayers in Macon County are being left with an ever-increasing property tax bill.

TAGS: Decatur, gas tax, Macon County, outmigration, population, property taxes, taxes, workers compensation

Decatur shrinks as Illinois manufacturing declines

By Brendan Bakala

04/11/2017

Macon County is one of the 89 counties out of Illinois’ 102 that are losing residents.

TAGS: Decatur, Macon County, population, U.S. Census Bureau

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