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 Port District To Built Harbor and Hub  WBGZ Radio | Aug 24, 2010 The Tri-City Regional Port District has received a $6-million grant as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The funding comes from the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery- or TIGER- Discretionary Grant Program, and will be used to construct a new harbor and 9,600 feet worth of new rail lines at the facility.[Full Story] |
 Shooting Near Alton Tavern WBGZ Radio | Aug 24, 2010 Alton Police are investigating a weekend shooting outside a tavern just north of the downtown business district. Police were called to the 11-hundred block of Belle Street around 3:45am Sunday near CTW's where a large crowd had been disbursed following the closing of the business at 3am. A 31 year old man was shot, but the injuries are not considered life threatening.[Full Story] |
 Job Fair Coming Soon WBGZ Radio | Aug 24, 2010 The annual job fair, Jobs Plus '10 will be held in about a month at the Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville, but the time to start making plans is now. The fair will be open to the public, with free parking and admission. Dozens of companies and sponsors participated in the event last year, and organizers are expecting a big crowd again this year.[Full Story] |
 Traffic Enforcement Efforts BeginWBGZ Radio | Aug 24, 2010 Alton Police teamed up with their counterparts from the state last weekend to launch a series of efforts over the next two and a half weeks to get drivers to buckle up and drive safely. The effort wraps up Labor Day weekend, but began Saturday night with a seatbelt enforcement detail near the Clark Bridge.[Full Story] |
 Tax Amnesty Period Approved WBGZ Radio | Aug 24, 2010 Gov. Pat Quinn has approved a tax amnesty program that officials hope will raise $250 million this fall. The law allows people who are overdue on taxes over the past eight years to pay before facing doubled penalty and interest payments. People owing the state any taxes due from July 1, 2002 through July 1, 2009 may pay during the amnesty period of Oct. 1—Nov. 8. [Full Story] |
 Candidates Want To Combine Offices WBGZ Radio | Aug 24, 2010 They don’t know what they’d call it, but two of the Republicans running for constitutional offices want to eliminate one of the offices to save money. State Sen. Dan Rutherford (R-Chenoa) and former state treasurer Judy Barr Topinka (pictured) are teaming up to promote the idea of combining the offices, and are visiting more than 20 towns and cities in Illinois to talk about their idea. [Full Story] |
 Gun Show Laws Touted WBGZ Radio | Aug 24, 2010 An Illinois congressman says he supports legislation that would close what he calls a loophole in regulations regarding gun sales at gun shows. U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Chicago) says the “gun show loophole” is a gap in federal law that allows person-to-person sales at gun shows without a background check. Quigley says those weapons can end up in the hands of anyone, including terrorists, felons and the mentally disabled. [Full Story] |
 Carp Argument Hits Courts WBGZ Radio | Aug 24, 2010 A federal judge has heard from both sides in a lawsuit calling for immediate action to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. Michigan assistant attorney general Robert Reichel argued the threat of Asian carp to the Great Lakes has reached a “biological tipping point” and the waterways leading into Lake Michigan have become a “carp highway.”[Full Story] |
 Congressman on Free Trade Legislation WBGZ Radio | Aug 24, 2010 The Fortune 100 company in Downtown Peoria does business globally. In fact, more than half of Caterpillar’s sales are outside U. S. borders. The company, and the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce, recently hosted the South Korean ambassador to the U. S. as part of a drive to pass a Korea-U. S. Free Trade Agreement. [Full Story] |
 NEW: Quinn Chief of Staff Resigns Amid AllegationsWBGZ Radio | Aug 23, 2010 Gov. Pat Quinn’s chief of staff resigned Sunday after questions were posed by a Chicago media outlet about a probe of three politically oriented correspondences sent from his government e-mail account in possible violation of a state ethics law. Jerry Stermer said he did not want to have findings against overshadow the work of the governor, who is in a difficult election battle against Republican Bill Brady.[Full Story] |
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