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Treasurer Urges Rauner To Go To NY With Budget-Plan Commitment
The Illinois state treasurer is calling on Governor Bruce Rauner to do more to avoid Illinois being downgraded to “junk-bond" status.
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Illinois Issues: Local Icon Shifts To ‘The Most Dangerous Woman In America’
This year is the centennial of America’s entry into World War I. Most stories about the war focus on the fighting overseas, but there was another struggle taking place. An American icon from Illinois helped lead that battle and, for a time, paid for it with her reputation.
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FAQ: How Would The Republican Health Care Bills Affect You?
When covering the GOP efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, we tend to focus on the big picture: billions of cuts in Medicaid spending, say, or millions fewer people with health coverage.
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Americans Don’t Want Senate’s Health Care Plan, But It’s Unclear What They Do Want
Americans really, really don't like the Senate bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Only 17 percent of U.S. adults approve of the health care bill, according to a recent NPR/Marist/PBS NewsHour poll. In fact, a majority of Americans now approve of the ACA, also known as Obamacare — but just nine months ago, that wasn't true.
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Illinois Highway To Be Named After Barack Obama
Passing a budget wasn’t the only thing Illinois lawmakers did last week. They also named a major road after former president Barack Obama.
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New State Budget Is Good News For Domestic Violence Agency
Courage Connection is rebuilding its staff, now that a new state budget has brought expectations that state funding will resume.
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Startup Company Provides Greeting Cards For Those Incarcerated
Email, texts and social media may be the most common ways to send a message. But that’s often not the case for the millions of Americans with friends or family in prison. Cards and letters are the least expensive and most accessible way for many behind bars to keep in touch. Still, finding the right words to say is not always easy. One area company is creating cards to meet that need.
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With Budget In Place, MCORE Work To Resume Monday
Passage of a new state budget in Springfield means it’s back to work for construction crews on several road projects in Illinois --- including the MCORE project in Champaign-Urbana’s Campustown.
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Woman Who Triggered Lockdown Known For ‘Calm’
Thurday's controversial Illinois House override vote that increased the state income tax rate was delayed by about two hours when the capitol building was put on lockdown, due to reports of a woman throwing or spilling an unknown substance near the governor’s office and other locations. Reporter Dusty Rhodes knows the woman, and spoke with a lobbyist who witnessed her detention.
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Even With A State Budget, Illinois Education Money Could Be Trapped
Even after the Illinois House overrode Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s budget veto Thursday — leading to a budget for the first time in more than two years — the state’s schools may still be in a pickle.
