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State Week: Politics Surrounds Both Taxes And The Quincy Veterans' Home

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,
Charles N. Wheeler III
Published May 4, 2018 at 1:05 PM CDT
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NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS

Arguments over a flat versus graduated income tax continue among lawmakers; more political fallout surrounding the Quincy Veterans' Home; and Paul Vallas announces he's running for Mayor of Chicago.

Tony Arnold and Dave McKinney from WBEZ Public Radio in Chicago join the panel.
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Rahm EmanuelBruce Raunergraduated income taxPaul Vallasflat income taxSusana MendozaChicago mayoral raceJ.B. Pritzkerbudget
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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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