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Savoy’s Home Rule Referendum Attracts Supporters & Opponents

SAVOY – Larger towns in Illinois with more than 25,000 people have home rule powers automatically granted to them under the state constitution. Smaller towns have to ask voters for permission. And that’s what’s happening with the April 6 election in Savoy, just south of Champaign.   Home rule powers allow a city or village