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State Week: Possible Agreement on School Funding

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,
Charles N. Wheeler III
Published August 25, 2017 at 1:34 PM CDT
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What we know as of Friday about a tentative compromise among legislative leaders on school funding, along with the continuing controversy over Governor Rauner's response to a political cartoon posted by the Illinois Policy Institute.  WBEZ's Tony Arnold and WTTW's Amanda Vinicky join the panel.
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