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Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. 
—   The proposed Equal Rights Amendment. It might sound simple. It’s not.

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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is criticizing lawmakers’ plan to address the state’s massive backlog of bills, but the Democratic comptroller and treasurer are coming to the defense.

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The Illinois Commerce Commission has tapped engineers at the University of Illinois to help determine the future of energy in the state.

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Schools are scheduled to receive payment from the state in just three days, but that can’t happen until the Illinois legislature and the governor approve a new evidence-based funding model.

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Today's seventh-graders in Champaign School District Unit 4 will graduate from refurbished high schools.

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Seven democrats on the Champaign County Board have signed a statement calling on the county to tap the brakes on any potential Champaign County Nursing Home sale. 

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State Senator Andy Manar says Rauner's veto of SB1 is an "all-out-assault" on public education.

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Several Democrats running for governor of Illinois are proposing the state enact universal healthcare. J.B. Pritzker is the latest to come out with a plan.

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With schools set to open in just a few weeks, Illinois still doesn't have any way to send money to schools. K-12 funding has become the latest partisan battleground at the statehouse, and yesterday, one procedural misstep may have inadvertently made the gridlock even worse.

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The Champaign City Council voted Tuesday evening to create a citizens advisory committee to review Champaign Police Department complaint investigations.