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Pensions - WUIS Special Coverage
Below are the latest stories on the pension issue in Illinois.

State Week: State Of The State Stalemate

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,
Amanda Vinicky, Charles N. Wheeler III
Published January 29, 2016 at 1:42 PM CST
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NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS

Governor Bruce Rauner gave his second annual State of the State address before a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly this week.  Doug Finke of the State Journal-Register joins the panel.
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Amanda Vinicky moved to Chicago Tonight on WTTW-TV PBS in 2017.
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The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
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