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Failed regional bill to improve tourism promises to reappear in 2025 |  News

Failed regional bill to improve tourism promises to reappear in 2025 | News

A bill that would create tourism improvement districts (TIDs) around Indiana to attract in-state and out-of-state visitors failed in 2024, but its author says it will be brought back in the 2025 legislative session. In this year’s session, in the House Ways and Means Committee, Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle, discussed Senate Bill 61, which would …

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Failed regional bill to improve tourism promises to reappear in 2025 |  News

Failed regional bill to improve tourism promises to reappear in 2025 | News

A bill that would create tourism improvement districts (TIDs) around Indiana to attract in-state and out-of-state visitors failed in 2024, but its author says it will be brought back in the 2025 legislative session. In this year’s session, in the House Ways and Means Committee on Feb. 14, Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle, discussed Senate Bill …

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Looking for art, culture?  Check out the latest exhibitions in Central Illinois 🎨

Looking for art, culture? Check out the latest exhibitions in Central Illinois 🎨

Exhibits “The Fire of Genius: Presidents and Patents”; Experience Gallery; “Insects”; Gallery of Experiences’; “Creatures: Art and Animals”; Experience Gallery; all by April 28; Peoria Riverfront Museum. “Opening Hazel’s Closet”; until September 1, 2024; Ewing Manor. “Works by Judith Roth – From the Peoria Art Guild Collection”; until April 18; “The Mid-Illinois Art Show”; April …

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New businesses find a home in the dining area

New businesses find a home in the dining area

Where empty storefronts once stood, the bustling downtown has transformed into North Platte’s dining district. Several new businesses have appeared recently, three since early 2024. These include Game Knights, Mackenzie’s Snack Shack and Mockingbird. Laurie Bergman, president of the North Platte Downtown Association, said these new businesses show diversity and growth for the city. “I …

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Jefferson Lab Receives $7.5 Million Grant to Adapt Technology to Break Down ‘Eternal Chemicals’

Jefferson Lab Receives $7.5 Million Grant to Adapt Technology to Break Down ‘Eternal Chemicals’

NEWPORT NEWS — Jefferson Lab in Newport News recently received a $7.5 million grant from the Department of Energy to adapt a particle accelerator that could eventually be used in wastewater treatment plants to break down “perpetual chemicals.” The technology is currently locked away in the lab, but Jeff Lab team scientist John Venekate, along …

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