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Joliet council takes next step in securing new water source

The Joliet City Council Tuesday unanimously approved a $87 million bond issue to replace the water mains, which is a part of the $810 million project. The City of Joliet will share a major portion of the remaining $810 million costs with members of the Regional Water Commission that includes the communities of Romeoville, Crest Hill, Shorewood, Channahon, and Minooka. Following Joliet, Romeoville would be the next largest water user in the commission.

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Wayne’s Words: Don’t forget your mask, just in case

At long last, the end of mask mandates has been achieved. Not in all sectors, but most people will no longer be required to don the mask in most indoor spaces. Given the state of the world, the financial challenges in many government jurisdictions, and the trials and tribulations of the human condition, one would think we have put Armageddon behind us and have moved into the almost perfect society. “Free at last, free at last” to quote Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. Over the top? Absolutely, but given all the press concentration regarding wearing masks, including the demonstrations against mask mandates, the threats to some elected and non-elected officials, the “free our children from masks” protests and traffic disruptions by some truckers, the King quote seems fitting.

Posted inCampus, News, Politics, State

State Board of Education issues guidance to combat school to prison pipeline

Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Superintendent of Education Dr. Carmen I. Ayala announced the state’s first guidance for school districts to ensure that disciplinary policies do not violate civil rights laws. The guidance is aimed in part at addressing the connection between exclusionary school discipline practices and increased rates of incarceration, often referred to as the school-to-prison pipeline.

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Top Ladies of Distinction Women’s History Month honor

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic for two years, the nationally recognized nonprofit educational humanitarian organization known as Top Ladies of Distinction has persevered with community outreach.
The organization was created in 1964 in Houston, Texas after Mrs. Willie Lee Glass received a luncheon invitation from First Lady Mrs. Lyndon Baines Johnson. Glass was unable to attend so instead sent her friend that was in the US Air Force Major Ozell M. Dean in her place.

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