West Central Reporter

Pleasant Hill superintendent says school district, on financial watch, will 'weather the storm'

By John Breslin | May 11, 2019

A superintendent of a school district serving a small community in western Illinois is bullish about the future, despite it being named high on a list of those in financial distress.

Business leaders say minimum wage hike ignores regional differences

By John Breslin | Feb 20, 2019

Some business leaders are decrying what they saw was the failure of legislators to consider the differences among regions within the state when they were debating increasing the minimum wage ahead of the vote to raise it to $15 an hour over the next six years.