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The state's top political leaders got together in Springfield Wednesday for the second time in as many days. A prime topic of conversation in the…
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Illinois spent last fiscal year without a budget. During that time, billions of dollars were cut from core services. The state also ran up billions of…
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Illinois' already strained bank account will be stretched by another $4.6 billion because of action taken by the state government's largest pension…
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Colleges and universities have been starved for state funding through the ongoing budget impasse. The interim provost at the flagship campus of the…
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Wednesday, Gov. Bruce Rauner did his part with a live video session on Facebook from the Simmons Cancer…
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Forefront's VP of Strategy + Policy, Delia Coleman discusses why Illinois needs a responsible budget now in this #PastDue video:
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Before he ran for governor, Bruce Rauner described a plan to use funding for social services as a “wedge” issue to persuade Democrats to support…
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Debbie and William of Centro Romero, which helps the immigrant and refugee community achieve self-sufficiency, recorded this #PastDue video:
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The University of Illinois has received a relatively glowing financial report from Moody's Investor Service, but it comes with warnings.In a just-released…
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In 2008, the Great Recession helped to tip Illinois into a fiscal crisis it still hasn't recovered from. A new report from Standard & Poor's found that…