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Governor Bruce Rauner delivered his State of the State Address before a joint session of the General Assembly.(Remarks as prepared for delivery)Good…
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The last time the General Assembly tried to make school funding more equitable across Illinois, the legislation got derailed largely due to a fight over…
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Recently, several social policy debates have moved from the legislature to the judicial system.Mindy Swank’s water broke just four months into her…
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and his allies are shoveling historic piles of cash into legislative races this year. A new federal super-PAC that goes by the…
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Amanda Vinicky moderated a City Club of Chicago conversation on the current state budget impasse featuring a panel with Republican State Rep. Patti…
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Illinois has more than $100 billion in pension debt. So far, attempts to fix it have been mostly illegal.Editor's note March 31, 2016: A recent study puts…
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The race for Illinois comptroller has narrowed: There will no longer be a Democratic primary. State Sen.Daniel Biss, D-Evanston, has confirmed he will not…
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Sometimes, police don't put up much of a fight when it comes to limiting their use of technology. That's what happened when Illinois regulated drones. But…
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It doesn’t take much time at all, fractions of a second, to be marked and mapped, recorded and reported.The automatic license plate reader cameras don’t…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner’s ideas about how to change government-employee pensions are getting extra scrutiny in Springfield.Rauner wants employees to be moved…