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Latest Pekin news
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Pekin gas stations have been given the opportunity to sell sell packaged liquor. The city council voted 5-1 this week to allow gas stations to apply for the requisite liquor license. -
Pekin City Council members Dave Nutter and Jake Fletcher said Monday they will vote against the proposed data center in the city. There are seven council members, so two more "no" votes would kill the project. -
Pekin Mayor Mary Burress took time out from calling 2025 the city's breakout year in her "State of the City Address" to assure residents that a data center project is still in the exploratory stage. -
Nearly 2,000 signatures on petitions opposing a proposed data center in Pekin were turned in Monday to the Pekin City Council. -
The recent federal government shutdown caused the Federal Correctional Institution in Pekin to fall behind on its payments to Pekin for city services. That was resolved this week when the city council approved a contract with the prison. -
Does Pekin need a policy on what constitutes a town hall meeting and what rules would need to be followed? City council members are examining a policy suggested by city staff. -
Pekin city staff asked for a 4.9% increase in the city's property tax levy for the next fiscal year. City Council members reduced it to 4%. -
Pekin's annexation of the majority of the 1,000-acre Lutticken property from Groveland Township left township officials with more questions than answers. -
The results of a salary study for Pekin's non-union city employees showed some are underpaid. -
What will be Pekin's property tax levy for the 2026-27 fiscal year? Stay tuned.
