Property owners in Rock Island County paid 2.9% of the value of their homes in property taxes in the fourth quarter of 2023, which is more than 2.6 times the national average, according to the real estate analysis posted by Rock Island Today.
In the 2021-22 school year, 85.4% of Rock Island School District 41 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 19% of Moline-Coal Valley School District 40 students passed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 86% of Kewanee Community Unit School District 229 students failed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 19.3% of Galva Community Unit School District 224 students passed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 20.1% of Alwood Community Unit School District 225 students passed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 86.8% of East Moline School District 37 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Several sheriffs in Illinois have announced that they will not enforce the state's recently implemented gun restriction law, known as the "Protect Illinois Communities Act." The law, which went into effect on January 1, 2024, prohibits the sale of certain firearms, as well as some pistols, large-capacity magazines, and specific gun parts, such as folding stocks. However, it allows individuals who possessed these items before the law's enactment to keep them if they registered them by the given deadline.One of the vocal opponents of the new law is Senator Anderson, who...