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  $119.5M later, Southern Illinois taxpayers still trying to get airport off ground

  By Brad Weisenstein, Illinois Policy Institute | 4 years ago

  An underused airport near Belleville, Illinois, has required local taxpayers to chip in $119.5 million since 2002 to keep it operating. Even with pandemic money, 2020 was even worse.

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• Taxpayer tab totals $111.3 million to keep southwestern Illinois airport open

  By Brad Weisenstein, Illinois Policy Institute | 5 years ago

  Each year St. Clair County taxpayers must add money to keep MidAmerica St. Louis Airport open. COVID-19 could turn a hefty financial burden into an albatross.

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• Pritzker signs record number of executive orders to slow coronavirus spread; Other state legislators pushing back to similar measures

  By John Breslin | 5 years ago

  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed 17 executive orders and a number of emergency rules as Illinois confronts the spread of the coronavirus, or Covid-19.

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• Sad tale of St. Clair County's MidAmerica Airport

  By The Madison County Record | 6 years ago

  As if to add insult to injury, the Illinois legislature recently allocated $96 million to fund a 5-mile MetroLink rail extension between Shiloh-Scott station and the airport. The rail link will replace existing dedicated MetroBus service from Shiloh-Scott station to the airport.

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• Taxpayer support for southwestern Illinois airport hits $104.3 million

  By Brad Weisenstein, Illinois Policy Institute | 6 years ago

  Each year St. Clair County, Illinois, taxpayers must add money to keep MidAmerica St. Louis Airport open. While passenger traffic is increasing, so are expenses.

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• Government-worker pensions take away funding meant for students

  By Ted Dabrowski, Illinois Policy Institute | 9 years ago

  Illinois’ growing pension costs – not the state budget gridlock – are taking away funding for essential government services, such as education.

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