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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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NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS

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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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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