Month: January 2022

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Pritzker to propose tax relief in budget address

By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker will propose a roughly $1 billion package of tax relief measures aimed at mitigating the impact of inflation on Illinois consumers when he gives his budget address Wednesday. The “Illinois Family Relief Plan,” as it is being called, would suspend […]

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Bulldogs on seven-game win streak

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team increased its winning streak to seven games on Saturday (Jan. 29) with a 48-37 win at home over Effingham. Two days earlier, the Bulldogs thumped Charleston, 61-20, in the Trojans’ gym. Against Effingham, Cayla Koerner matched her season’s high with four three-point baskets […]

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Athlete of the Week: Braeden Heinold

Braeden Heinold picked up his 35th win of the season in an Apollo Conference meet which also included Mount Zion and Mattoon.Heinold won twice in that dual meet.  The 5’10”, 150-lb. Senior picked up his 100th-career win with a fall over his opponent at Lincoln.  This season’s highlights include placing […]