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