The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board has unanimously approved Southern Illinois Healthcare's (SIH) Certificate of Need application for expanding and modernizing the SIH Mulberry Center.
In the 2023-24 school year, 14% of the students in Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 81.5% of DeSoto Consolidated School District 86 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
At a time when Illinois residents are tightening their belts, the state government is considering a $6 billion tax increase to support significant expansions.