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State Week: Hastert Sentenced, Rauner Calls For 2-Year Budget Deal

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,
Amanda Vinicky, Charles N. Wheeler III
Published April 29, 2016 at 2:08 PM CDT
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Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert was sentenced in a hush-money scandal and admitted to molesting children; Governor Bruce Rauner said he hopes for a 2-year budget deal with legislative leaders by the end of May; and the governor insists contact negotiations with AFSCME are at an impass.  Kerry Lester of the Daily Herald joins the panel.
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AFSCMEBruce RaunerDennis Hastertpublic sector unionsspecial sessionbudget impasseIllinois budget FY2017Illinois budget FY2016
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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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