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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s choices for new top staff positions — from chief of staff to policy director to the head of his communications team — have created a firestorm in recent weeks.
Illinois is finally making good on some of its most overdue bills — compensating people who were unjustly imprisoned.
Monday at high noon — That's the deadline Gov. Bruce Rauner has given Democrats to send the school funding bill to his desk. The new state budget requires this revamped funding formula, but Rauner plans to veto certain parts of the plan.
The Three Kings of Peace will hold another one of its neighborhood anti-violence marches in Danville on Saturday. And this time, organizers are expecting an out of town guest ---- gubernatorial candidate Ameya Pawar.
On the 21st: We discussed the latest in the political fight regarding funding for public schools. Plus, we travel back to 1886 to learn about lessons from Chicago's Haymarket affair that apply today, and we learn about a new initiative in central Illinois to get more women into rock n' roll.
