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Union members flooded streets in front of the Illinois Statehouse to protest Gov. Bruce Rauner's agenda and what they say are his anti-labor…
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Illinois is racking up more debt than even its comptroller knows about. Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of bills are awaiting payment. They're part…
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About 50 Illinois homeless youth and service providers essentially ambushed Gov. Bruce Rauner Tuesday. Their goal was to bring attention to a lack of...
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Illinois's overdue bills are 16 percent higher than previously reported. They could top ten billion dollars by end of the fiscal year. Comptroller Leslie…
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More than one fourth of 736,000 renters in Illinois’ ten largest cities spend more than half their income for housing.Some 207,000 renters -- or 28…
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Just days after vetoing a measure to help low-income college students, Gov. Bruce Rauner signaled he's open to another way to make it happen.Rauner's…
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The budget that Gov. Bruce Rauner proposed this week recommends a 16 percent cut to higher education. This year's proposed cut sounds gentler than the 32…
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Public schools were singled out in Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's budget address yesterday as one of the rare state services he’s happy to fund. In fact, he…
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, a Republican, spent more than half of his budget address for the coming fiscal year criticizing the Democratically controlled…
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DeKalb-area education leaders, students, and service providers held a rally Thursday at Northern Illinois University to send a message to state lawmakers:…