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Unemployment in the Quad Cities fell again in December to 3.7 per cent, down from 4.1 per cent a year ago.
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GovernmentGov. Kim Reynolds signed the bill into law Tuesday. Once fully implemented, 42,000 private school students could receive state funding at a cost of $345 million per year. -
Democrat Ken Croken says the new voucher law will "siphon money from public schools to private schools."
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CommunityThis is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.The hundreds of villages, towns, and cities which appeared on the northern Illinois prairies following the Black Hawk…
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CommunityRock Island has hired someone to help it work with refugees and immigrants who've recently settled in the city. Monday night, the city council approved a contract with a "cultural liaison."
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GovernmentWith help from the state, Metro Link will buy more electric buses. On Tuesday the governor and Illinois DOT announced grants for downstate transit providers totalling more than $113 million dollars.
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The forecast has been changed, and the weather service now says the Quad Cities is within the Winter Weather Advisory area and may get 2-4 inches of snow.
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CommunityThis is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.I suppose we do owe that big bully, Chicago, a bit of thanks. In 1864, she did save Rock Island from an invasion.That…
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