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It was a fairly busy meeting for the Knox County Finance Committee as nearly two-dozen items were discussed and action was taken on nearly all of them.

Knox County had a disappointing month in October with the unemployment rate floating back up to 5.2 percent.

Republican Jil Tracy has been named Minority Whip in the Illinois Senate.

The Illinois House unanimously overrode Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto on a bill Rep. Norine Hammond introduced, that’s aimed at addressing the state’s backlog of applicants for long-term care through Medicaid.

Knoxville Aldermen came to a decision last night on the city’s liability insurance renewal.