Stephenson County Sheriff delivers 29 layoff notices - Freeport, IL -

As of 2000, the population of Stephenson County was 48,979;  Boone County’s 2000 population was 41,786. 

sheriff delivered 29 layoff notices to employees in anticipation of the “worst-case scenario” of complying with spending levels in the county’s proposed 2009-2010 budget.

Currently, three deputies patrol the day shift each day and four patrol the night shift for the sheriff’s office. With the cuts, the numbers may be reduced to two on the day shift and possibly two on the night shift, Snyders said

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Chrysler pays late property taxes, interest - Rockford, IL

paid its nearly $1 million property taxes Friday, paving the way for the Boone County treasurer’s office to begin sending out payments to area taxing districts.

[States Attorney] Courier said her office filed a claim Nov. 2, in conjunction with Chrysler’s settlement agreement, seeking the full property tax payment and $30,000 in interest penalties.
“They pretty swiftly gave us the money,” she said. “We executed that Nov. 2, and we got the money on Friday. When you’re talking about $914,000, it’s pretty significant.”

Interest penalties totaled $53,051 as of last week, Newport said, but the county has only received $30,000 in interest which will be paid to the county’s general fund on Dec. 1.

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One in seven Americans short of food | U.S. | Reuters

 

one in seven -- struggled to get enough to eat in 2008, the highest total in 14 years of a federal survey on "food insecurity," the U.S. government said Monday.

huge increase from the preceding year when 36.2 million people had trouble getting enough food and a third of them

The number of Americans receiving food stamp assistance soared above 36 million for the first time in August[2009], the eighth month in a row that enrollment set a record, the USDA said earlier this month.

One in seven Americans short of food | U.S. | Reuters

Work-Related Injuries Are Habitually Underreported, Report Says

 

The accountability office noted that the rate of workplace injuries — there were 4 million in 2007, including 5,600 fatalities — has declined fairly steadily since 1992, which OSHA attributed to improvements in workplace safety and the decline in the number of manufacturing jobs.

 

Work-Related Injuries Are Habitually Underreported, Report Says - NYTimes.com