February 22, 2021
The Galesburg Fire Department was once again dominant in collecting donations for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic keeping firefighters off intersections with their boots, as they would in a normal year, the GFD Local 555 raised over $15,000. That more than any other department in the state of Illinois.
For 66 years the International Association of Firefighters has collected critical funds as a part of the Fill the Boot campaign for MDA.
Galesburg Firefighters hope to have an in-person boot drive this fall but their virtual campaign is up and running and you can give by going to filltheboot.donordrive.com/team/GalesburgFireLocal555
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STREATOR – Streator’s City Council approved of a collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of Firefighters and Streator Firefighters Local 56 on Wednesday. According to City Manager David Plyman, the new agreement provides for a 2.5% wage increase for covered personnel and eliminated wage disparity between firefighters. As part of the agreement, long-standing staffing issues will continue to be discussed through regular labor-management meetings. The collective bargaining agreement includes all Streator firefighters with the exception of the fire chief.
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Gottheimer Helps Unveil New Bipartisan Legislation to Fully Restore the SALT Deduction, Provide New Jersey Families a Tax Cut
By JAMES ADAMS
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January 31, 2021 at 3:43 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) joined a bipartisan group of six other Members in the House to introduce the SALT Deductibility Act, a bipartisan bill to fully restore the full State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction. The proposal would allow taxpayers to fully deduct their state and local taxes on their federal income returns, end double taxation, and give families in Northern New Jersey a tax cut. In 2017, the deduction was gutted and capped at $10,000 by the Moocher States and resulted in a tax hike for many middle-class families.