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Mar 11, 2021 The Blessings in the Basement program operated by the Woman’s Club of Fairmont helps provide basic necessities to families who are moving out of homelessness and into a new housing being on the street. Marcella Yaremchuk, president of the Woman’s Club of Fairmont, coordinates the program. TWV FILE PHOTO FAIRMONT — Springtime means budget prep time for local governments. Three outside agencies asked the Marion County Commission on Wedne...

Democratic state officials in Illinois applauded the final passage Wednesday of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion federal relief package, which includes billions of dollars in aid to cash-strapped state and

A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest for Wednesday, March 10, 2021:

The House Human Services Committee on Tuesday moved bills aimed at closing disparities in access to pharmacies and allowing transgender and intersex individuals to change their sex on their birth

Today is Thursday, March 11, the 70th day of 2021. There are 295 days left in the year.

Senate Bill 536 would amend the state election code to allow candidates to spend political committee funds on part-time or full-time child care or dependent elder home care expenses, as

COLLIN SPILINEK Fremont Tribune The Dodge County Board of Supervisors approved three applications to finish the term of former Dodge County Attorney Oliver Glass at its meeting Wednesday morning. The board approved applications from Paul Vaughan, Pam Hopkins and Christian Mirch with a 6-0 vote. Supervisor Pat Tawney was not present. “We appreciate those individuals’ willingness to step forward at this time and be considered for the position,” Chairman Bob Missel said....

UPDATE: This story has been revised to reflect new, late-in-the-day developments.

Stockbridge — Stockbridge Mayor Pro Tem Elton Alexander hosted his virtual Women’s History Month Honors Celebration March 7 on both Facebook and YouTube. The event highlighted the achievements of extraordinary

We begin our assessment of candidates for Grand Junction City Council with a contest that offers perhaps the least daylight between opponents on their positions. Going down a list of yes or no prompts regarding issues before the council (look for it in Sunday’s edition) there’s a lot of overlap in the answers given by current Councilmember Kraig Andrews and first-time candidate Randall Reitz who are running for an at-large seat on the council. But they bring vastly different personali...