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"Simply spending more doesn't drive those resources to the neediest districts in the state. That requires a change in the state aid formula," said Senator Andy Manar (D)
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Speech comes as some state agencies and programs already are running out of money this year and with Illinois facing an even greater budget gap next year.
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Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner wasn't the only new face in the Capitol for Wednesday's State of the State speech. The Champaign-Urbana area has two freshman legislators and they weren't happy with the governor’s plans for the minimum wage.
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Gov. Rauner's plans include raising the state's $8.25 minimum wage to $10 an hour over the next seven years, and increased funding for K-12 education.
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Kendrick Nunn scored 21 points and Illinois shot 48 percent from the field.
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A Department of Energy spokesman says it has concluded the project couldn't meet a September deadline to use its $1 billion in federal stimulus funding.
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Illinois governor Bruce Rauner has been criticizing state workers' high salaries and benefits ahead of his State of the State address Wednesday. But the biggest payout the state makes has nothing to do with labor contracts.
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Jim Meadows talks with Brian Mackey, Statehouse reporter for Illinois Public Radio and Illinois Issues magazine for a preview of Governor Rauner's State of the State address.
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Champaign County Sheriff Dan Walsh has announced that two 21-year old men have been arrested in the shooting death of 20 year-old University of Illinois student Vicente Mundo.
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The Urbana City Council approved the purchase of six Tasers by the Urbana Police Department Monday night.
