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There’s a new twist in the ongoing effort to build a career and technical education center in McDonough County.
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The city hopes to receive STAR Bonds from the state to help pay for the project. -
The city council has approved an option to purchase nine-acre parcel on 12th Street and has given the go-ahead to establish a Tax Increment Financing district on the city’s east side. -
In all, the planning study would cost $3.65 million, with 80% covered by the grant and the remainder split between the city and BNSF Railway. It would pay for conceptual design, environmental analysis, and gathering input from the public. -
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s renowned “I Have a Dream” speech still reverberates for Rev. Carolyn Blair, more than six decades after the civil rights leader delivered the speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. -
The Etz Family Institute for Civic Leadership and Dialogue at Knox College will host a conversation with Cornel West and Robert P. George, two nationally known scholars whose friendship spans deep ideological divides.
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