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State Week: Governor Rauner's Fiscal Year 2017

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,
Amanda Vinicky, Charles N. Wheeler III
Published February 19, 2016 at 1:47 PM CST
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Governor Bruce Rauner addressed the Illinois General Assembly this week with his vision for the next fiscal year, despite still having no agreement on a spending plan for the current year.  John O'Connor of the Associated Press 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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