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Posted by honey & quinine 2 days 17 hours ago.
I am lucky to live close to one of the best harmonica players I know — Mark Russillo — and three of the best guitar players I know — Sam Crain, Ocean Alexander and Job Conger, all of whom live on the 400 block of West Vine in beautiful c...
Posted by Moments of Clarity by Gretchen 2 days 17 hours ago.
Selah is home with a fever today.Funny how feeling pitiful and helpless makes it easier for her to let me love her. Tough, know-it-all defenses are down, and we can snuggle and read and giggle together, the way mother and daughter should. No battles fo...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 18 hours ago.
*** UPDATE *** I’m at the budget briefing. The materials include broad outlines of some of the cuts. Human services will take a $276 million hit, including adult home care, child care and community mental health.
Health takes a $325 mil reductio...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 18 hours ago.
* I was able to obtain a little bit of the governor’s proposed budget. His total operating expenditures will rise from $29.145 billion this fiscal year to $32.117 billion next FY - mainly, it appears, because of an increase in pension payments.
Qui...
Posted by UIS News Bureau 2 days 20 hours ago.
Two professors from the Harbin University of Science and Technology in China, who are visiting the University of Illinois Springfield, in an educational partnership met with students at a Springfield elementary school on Tuesday, March 9.Yufeng Jiang, Dea...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 20 hours ago.
* Rasmussen has a new poll, but it’s a bit weird…
Bill Brady 47
Pat Quinn 37
Here’s why…
The new survey finds Brady leading by 17 points among women but just three points among men.We’ve known for a while that Quinn had troub...
Posted by UIS News Bureau 2 days 21 hours ago.
A record number of students from the University of Illinois Springfield will spend their spring break volunteering in Galveston, Texas helping with recovery efforts following Hurricane Ike.The 45 students and 3 advisers will leave Springfield on Friday, M...
Posted by Haven't Done Anything Yet 2 days 21 hours ago.
The time is almost here. On Friday I will finally get to Bowl for Kids Sake. I'm gathering the leis and grass skirts for the Hawaiian-themed event! I think my bowling ball is still in the trunk from its trip to WI. How handy!Thanks to all my fabulous dono...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 days 22 hours ago.
* Crain’s is reporting that Gov. Quinn will propose a $2,500 per job hiring tax credit for small businesses tomorrow…
The governor hopes the measure will generate as many as 20,000 jobs.
According to a source in Mr. Quinn’s office, the p...
Posted by Behind the Curtain 2 days 22 hours ago.
When the Herndon’s clothing business moved in the late 1920s from their location at Fifth and Adams Street two blocks south to an Art Deco style building at 421 E. Capitol, they instantly updated their image by 50 years.
Within the modern movement in ar...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 days 22 hours ago.
All of those things could have taken SEVERAL Years to complete.You have to ask yourself, “How badly must my house have been designed for me to have to do all this work” The answer is VERY badly. The big housing push in post WWII America led t...
Posted by First Reading 2 days 23 hours ago.
Everybody loves Girl Scout cookies, and the Rochester Village Board is no exception.
Trustees were treated to a box of Thin Mint cookies during their meeting Monday night, compliments of Girl Scout Troop 6582.
The troop, comprised of fifth-graders from Ro...
Posted by UIS News Bureau 3 days 2 minutes ago.
A record number of students from the University of Illinois Springfield will spend their spring break volunteering in Galveston, Texas helping with recovery efforts following Hurricane Ike.The 45 students and 3 advisers will leave Springfield on Friday, M...
Posted by Springfield Moms 3 days 34 minutes ago.
If you have kids who love to create artwork, there are exciting new classes being offered by the Springfield Art Association this spring.
SAA Education Coordinator Katie Rasmussen notes the following two classes in particular:
“Outstanding ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 days 1 hour ago.
* Bill Brady said this during his campaign kickoff fly-around yesterday…
“Our statewide ticket is not only broad-based in terms of geography, but also in terms of ancestry and background, unlike the Democrats’ ticket,” Brady said.
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Posted by Courtney Westlake 3 days 2 hours ago.
So this totally made my ENTIRE WEEK yesterday... ...when I woke up and saw that this sweet picture of Boston had been chosen a semi-finalist for Pioneer Woman's kitty photo assignment contest!I loooooove me some Pioneer Woman and subscribe to all of her b...
Posted by Podcasting and Vodcasting 3 days 12 hours ago.
\"The next few years could be crucial for determining how this balance tips for lecture videos, which can be produced for next to nothing but remain highly valuable in the eyes of professors and administrators.\"
Posted by Better Springfield Transit 3 days 13 hours ago.
So, today I spend the day walking and riding the bus around Springfield. 14.7 miles! I proved that it CAN be done! You can live in Springfield without a car. But it still ain't easy. We need good transit options, including bike racks on buses and more f...
Posted by Matt Penning Images 3 days 16 hours ago.
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