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The Rondout train heist was the largest looted amount the United States had ever seen, and it still remains the largest, according to local historians, likely due to a number of security changes made to postal trains after the robbery.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias paid a visit to the McLean County Museum of History to see the impact of a nearly $100,000 state technology grant. The museum allocated the money toward digitizing its Pantagraph negatives collection—millions of images from 1930-2000, many of which were never printed.
Marshall, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Recently Marshall Public Library was a feature in the Illinois Library Associa...
It's amazing what you can find when you do a little digging in the state archives. This is a great example. It's an original ticket from the inaugural trip of Quincy's 'Little Q' train from 1966.
✓State Employee and Retiree Health Care Savings – the administration has negotiated over $900 million in health care cost savings. ✓ Estimated $650 million in collectively- bargained cost savings with employees through FY23. ✓ An additional $260 million in savings achieved through negotiated insurance rates and contract terms with providers. —- Behind the fancy savings language, I’m reading more delayed payments for health providers to state employees and retirees. Possibly higher co-pays or increased insurance payments by employees / retirees. And expectations of clawbacks in th...