Herb Trix
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The Rock Island School District’s new administration center is now open. Tuesday district officials held a ribbon cutting to celebrate completion of the 8.3 million dollar project.
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Worried about the increasingly unpleasant state of political debate these days, the foundations supporting presidential libraries across the country have called for a re-commitment to democracy.
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Six years after the Illinois General Assembly finally settled on a way to equalize school funding, the evidence-based funding plan seems to be working.
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Campaigns & ElectionsDavenport residents will have a lot of choices when they vote in the city primary election in October. Several races have four candidates, and one has five.
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CommunityProject Now wants to expand and add new services. Last week, it asked the Rock Island City Council for help in moving to a new building.
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EconomyRock Island is trying an experiment to improve its older neighborhoods. Thursday it held an open house to show off the renovation of an abandoned home.
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CommunityResidents can help Davenport decide how to use a new community center on the west side of the city. Construction is underway and should be completed in the spring for the new building near the Fairmount Street Library.
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Awareness and education are the goal of an event Thursday night in Clinton. The 6th Annual Overdose and Addiction Awareness Vigil will be held at the Riverview Bandshell.
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GovernmentA major change is in store for the federal prison at Thomson in northwest Illinois. The US Bureau of Prisons has decided to convert it to a low security facility, several months after high security inmates were transferred to other prisons.
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A deputy sheriff who lost his life in the line of duty will be honored this weekend. Saturday local and state officials will dedicate the Deputy Sheriff Nick Weist Memorial Highway - a section of Highway 150 from Alpha to Galesburg.