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Appeals for public information spike 22 percentMay 15, 2013 5:23 AM
Illinois residents have the benefit of new laws aimed at opening up more government records — and when they don't get the information they want, they're raising a stink about it. Appeals to the Illinois attorney general's office for denied Freedom of Information Act requests jumped 22 percent last year. Most of those came from members of the public.
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Educators on virtual charter schools: Hold off a year May 14, 2013 5:30 AM
Aurora Rep. Linda Chapa La Via proposed a one-year moratorium on new virtual charter schools that would halt review of a proposed school aiming to offer online education to students in 18 school districts from Algonquin to Plainfield. "What we'd like to do is slow the process down," Chapa La Via said. "It's gone too fast." Third of a three-part Daily Herald series.
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Suburban man the standby star of 'Book of Mormon' May 14, 2013 5:26 AM
Eight times a week, Rob Colletti goes down to the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago, warms up his vocals, sits in the dressing room while the hit musical "The Book of Mormon" is performed, and then goes home. Colletti, a Wheaton native, is the standby for the lead role of the nerdy but lovable Elder Cunningham. And, "it's been incredible," he said.