
School Funding Fight Set To Resume In Senate
When it comes to funding public schools, Illinois ranks near the bottom for equity. Legislation designed to change that stalled last session. Lawmakers are revising it to try again.
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When it comes to funding public schools, Illinois ranks near the bottom for equity. Legislation designed to change that stalled last session. Lawmakers are revising it to try again.
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Former State Representative Naomi Jakobsson (D), from Urbana, talks about her time about her time in Springfield --- which covered the impeachment of Rod Blagojevich, same sex marriage … and years of mounting budget problems.
Gov. Bruce Rauner calls a speech he gave Thursday at a University of Chicago business school a preview of policies he will lay out in next month's State of the State address.
Glasser said in a news release Thursday that the decision to retire was difficult, but believes Bradley needs "fresh eyes and new ideas'' after her eight years on the job.