Residents to receive part of $2 trillion bailout package as COVID-19 numbers continue to rise
Illinois residents and citizens across the country will receive a payment of $1,200 plus $500 per child from federal tax dollars under terms of the CARES Act that President Donald Trump signed last week.
Former House candidate wants state government to do more amid COVID-19 pandemic
Former House candidate Mike Babcock (R-Bethalto) would like to see the state government do more to help stabilize the state as the coranavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc.
Sen. Plummer shares helpful information, links during outbreak
Illinois state Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Vandalia) is doing all he can to make the strain of the coronavirus outbreak and all the restrictions that have followed it as easy to deal with as possible for his constituents.
- Plummer says focus during pandemic is needs of the people
- 175 Illinois nursing homes rated ‘much below average’ in federal database
- SBA offering low-interest disaster relief loans to Illinois area due to COVID-19
- Dwight Kay says COVID-19's effect on economy is hard when the state is 'already tough on businesses'
- Bourne calls budget proposal irresponsible
From Prairie State Wire
Babcock says doing nothing about COVID-19 is 'not an option,' but 'doing too much can also have major consequences'
Former House candidate Mike Babcock (R-Bethalto) senses the dangers in trying to navigate all the obstacles brought on by the coronavirus crisis.
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Of the $39.9 billion in taxes collected by Illinois in 2018, $59.6 million came from property taxes, a 5.8 percent decrease from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).
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