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ILLINOIS NET NETWORK — After five terms as Illinois secretary of state, Jesse White announced at the Illinois State Fair on Thursday, August 20, that he will retire from public office when his current term ends, he told visitors at the Illinois State Fair on Thursday, August 20. The Chicago Democrat, a former Cook County Recorder of Deeds and state legislator, said his decision to not seek re-election in 2018 is final. “Take it to the bank,” said White, who has previously discussed retirement. “This is it.” The 81-year-old Alton native said he’d surely be on the job for the remainder of this term, though. “Oh, sure, I’ll be there every day, at my duty station and discharging my duties to the best of my abilities,” White told reporters at the Illinois State Fair. A former Army paratrooper, White also played minor league baseball and spent three decades in the Chicago public school system as a teacher and administrator. In 1959, he founded the acclaimed Jesse White Tumbling Team for children in the Chicago area. Governor signs bill for federal funding Gov. Bruce Rauner on Thursday, August 20, signed a bill to
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access about $5.4 billion in federal funding for Illinois programs that would have been otherwise tied up because of the lack of a state budget. The measure, Senate Bill 2042, “will help those in need without adding to the state’s budget deficit,” Rauner spokesman Lance Trover said in a news release. The bill “allows the state to provide some services to the state’s most vulnerable citizens,” he added. The bill also authorizes the state to pay $166 million from its own funds toward debt service for Chicago’s Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority. House Democrats last week attempted to add another $585 million in state general fund spending, but they backed off that effort when it appeared they were lacking votes. The bill passed the House by a 98 to 0 vote. The Senate on Wednesday night sent it to the governor on a vote of 52 to 0. MAP Grant funding bill moves to House; Will help Illinois college students By a vote of 37 to 0, the Senate on Wednesday passed a measure to provide roughly $373 million in state funds for the Monetary Assistance Program, which provides need-based aid to college students in Illinois. The amount is in line with Gov. Rauner’s budget proposal from February and will help from
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Enza and Lori of Onesti Entertainment cover up the stuffed eggplant sign on Sunday, Aug. 23 because Little Italy Fest West attendees ate it all up on Saturday night! Gratefully, there was still plenty of baked lasagna. More photos inside this issue. photo by Paul DelGuidice
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