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Could a reborn Mushroom Caucus be the key to breaking the political impasse that has the financial health of Illinois at death’s doorstep?The…
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Some reformers say the Illinois minimum age for juvenile detention needs to go up. Justin Wright still remembers well the time he spent as an 11-year-old…
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Even as a landmark clean-energy plan unravels in Washington, D.C., Illinois is on track to meet the coal emissions-reduction goals it set.For Dulce Ortiz,…
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Not to downplay the governor’s mantra, but what exactly is a “truly balanced budget?”Consider the notion of a balanced budget for a family: For the…
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Isaura Martinez was working at a Bolingbrook factory when she felt a pull in her left wrist as she was attaching a metal hook to the back of a…
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With rapid-fire changes to LGBT provisions at the federal level, advocates want to keep Illinois' status as one of the leading states in offering…
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A bill in Springfield seeks to ease the gender pay gap.Palos Heights native Kendall Coyne, an Olympic silver-medalist in the 2014 Sochi Winter Games and a…
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Columnist Charlie Wheeler says there are serious consequences under Gov. Bruce Rauner's tax proposal. At first blush, Gov. Bruce Rauner's property tax…
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A 1917 report conducted on the Illinois pension system revealed bad news. After a pension-focused trip around the globe, with studies on such nations as…
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Disparate entities say laws in this area need to change at the state and national levels.The police took away a 70-year-old Moline woman’s car when her…