Sangamon Sun

Community Garden Seeks Gardeners for 2022 Season

By April Bamburg | Feb 23, 2022

Community Garden to Open March 13th

January is Radon Action Month in Illinois

By April Bamburg | Jan 4, 2022

IEMA, American Lung Association Encourages Home Radon Testing

Secretary of State Offices to Close for New Year’s

By April Bamburg | Dec 30, 2021

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced that all offices and facilities will be closed in observance of New Year’s.

Illinois issues guidance on remote learning for kindergarten through grade 12

By April Bamburg | Apr 16, 2020

With schools closed until the end of April, Illinois Superintendent of Education Carmen Ayala was tasked with defining how remote instruction of students would work and issuing those guidelines.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois named the least tax-friendly state by MSN

By April Bamburg | 5 years ago

Ahead of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget address where he is excepted to outline the budget for the 2021 fiscal year and his funding priorities, the State of Illinois has been named one of the "Least Tax-Friendly" states to live in, by MSN.com.

For Springfield, when it comes to taxes interfering with gambling, all bets are off

By April Bamburg | Sep 26, 2017

Illinois might be feeling the sting of this summer's 32 percent hike in personal income taxes, but you'd never know it if you talked with the Illinois Gaming Board, according to figures published recently by the State Journal-Register.