School Supplies

A new school year has arrived and teachers are getting ready to welcome their students back into the classroom. That comes at somewhat of a cost, unfortunately.

The Illinois Family Relief Plan kicked off on July 1st, and taxes on several essentials have been or will be paused. Illinoisans have gotten a suspension of state tax on groceries for one year, a very temporary delay of a scheduled gas tax increase, direct checks for some families, the earned income tax credit, along with the doubling of property tax rebates.

A Rockford region nonprofit will be handing out book bags on Friday, August 21 at Fairgrounds Park Community Center. We have all the details.

Las Vegas City Council unanimously voted to use part of the Summer to allow parking ticket fines to be paid with school supply donations.

Summer has arrived, which would normally be a bad time to talk about going back to school. But, this is about Target. This is about saving money.