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Springfield, MO
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Springfield, MO
Illinois dodged the dishonor of becoming America's first "junk" state when Moody’s said it wouldn’t downgrade the cash-strapped state and it finally passed its first budget in two years.
The Illinois budget deal, which includes a 32 percent tax hike, is expected to be enough to ease the state’s enormous financial pressures, according to CNN Money.
Illinois still has $15 billion in unpaid bills and a pension shortfall of $251 billion.
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A safe room and classroom addition at Willard Central Elementary School will be used by the music, arts and athletic programs for a district that had 4,536 students last year, according to Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education figures, but school officials say enrollment is projected to grow.