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The Macon County Board approved contracts with the Macon County court security officers and the deputies command unions at its November meeting.

The Macon County Board approved contracts with the Macon County court security officers and the deputies command unions at its November meeting.

Macon County Board members on Tuesday approved a resolution that could finally see through a nearly $30 million Reas Bridge Road reconstruction project.

State politics were at the center of debate during Thursday’s Macon County Board meeting, which saw Republicans harness their majority power in opposition to recent action from Illinois Democrats.

Macon County Board members voted along party lines to keep cannabis dispensaries out of unincorporated parts of the county and to formally oppose Illinois’ assault weapons ban.

Current Macon County Board leaders were re-elected and term lengths were drawn during a special organizational board meeting early this week, the board announced on Friday.