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Watch the first Illinois Issues Forum from Springfield. Our 2018 election coverage starts discussing the fiscal health of Illinois. This forum is...
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NPR Illinois and Tri States Public Radio host the seventh Illinois Issues Forum on the state's financial health and the lasting impacts of the two-year...
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There’s still no budget for Illinois, but some big changes to education policy kicked in this year. As the contentious presidential election played out,...
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Democratic leaders in the legislature and Gov. Bruce Rauner appear to be close to a deal to approve some funding for social service providers, higher...
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Bipartisan working groups are currently trying to find a way out of the budget impasse. But the crisis could have been prevented long before the battle…
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Illinois is one of only eight states with a flat income tax. The reasons can be traced to the state’s first-ever successful attempt at putting an income...
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Illinois has more than $100 billion in pension debt. So far, attempts to fix it have been mostly illegal.
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Should criminals bear the cost of their own rehabilitation?
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The Illinois court system will get a new leader next week.Tom Kilbride is concluding his three-year term as chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court.…