Tax records filed in May showed contributions and grants
from last year were down $303,625, expenses up $524,322
Author Archive for Bill Knight
Are our hospital prices complete? Watchdog weighs in
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Patient Rights Advocate claims local hospitals Carle, OSF are noncompliant; price data hard to find
Ex-County Auditor’s lawsuit remains frozen, pending appeal
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Peoria Auditor Jessica Thomas’ lawyer Justin Penn is seeking more than $40,000 for his mounting hourly fees and reimbursement for expenses.
Appeals Court upholds decision for Schock, LaHood and GOP
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Despite spreading rumors about candidate, malice was not proved by former candidate Richard Burns
Golden Voice lives – LIVE: iconic local studio featured Oct. 8 at Riverfront Museum
by Bill Knight • • 1 Comment
Afternoon event will feature music by local acts and memories from studio that recorded Dan Fogelberg, Head East, REO Speedwagon, Starcastle and Styx in 1960s-70s
Arts Alerts: Natural exhibits at Contemporary Arts Center; Blue Ridge Farm concert series; art and music at BU; see ‘Clue,’ ‘Jeckyl and Hyde,’ Destry Rides Again’
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Two nice natural exhibits run through Oct. 14 at Contemporary Art Center; Two concerts left at Blue Ridge Farm near Chillicothe; Brazilianaires playing at CAC on Oct. 27; ‘Clue: On Stage’ at Barn III; ‘Jekyl & Hyde: The Musical’ at Peoria Players; ‘Destry Rides Again’ at Cornstock this month
Crisis in child care: How can we leave these kids behind?
by Bill Knight • • 1 Comment
Crisis in affordable child care could get way worse next month with the end of federal pandemic aid for child-care centers and parents
Baby steps: Here’s what we can do to make child care more available, affordable
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Peoria County has the capacity to meet families’ child-care needs, according to a report from Birth To Five Illinois, a group launched by the state and the Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
Bill Knight: Our streets have actually been safer this summer
by Bill Knight • • 1 Comment
Following national trends, homicides in Peoria started dropping last year after more than doubling between 2020 and 2021. They are down 21% in Peoria since July
Bill Knight: Give corporations the right to vote?
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Delaware’s House of Representatives in a 35-6 vote passed a bill authorizing a town in the southern part of the state to let the artificial entities businesses use, like corporations, to cast ballots.