Articles filed under Illinois
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Executive education in 'transformation,' leaders sayJun 26, 2015 1:00 am - Executive education and life learning programs are in a period of evolution as the needs of the business world and the demands of people seeking such programs change, ac...
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Durbin, Emanuel applaud gay marriage rulingJun 26, 2015 1:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel are among public officials applauding the U.S. Supreme Court's decision giving same-sex couples the r...
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Cook County sales tax hike should be 'very last resort,' GOP leader saysJun 25, 2015 1:00 am - Tim Schneider of Bartlett, Illinois Republican Party chairman and a Cook County commissioner, says his opposition to a Cook County sales tax hike isn't meant to set an e...
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Text of Rauner's veto messageJun 25, 2015 1:00 am - Today I veto House Bill 4146 from the 99th General Assembly in order to protect Illinois taxpayers from an unbalanced and therefore unconstitutional budget. The Speaker...
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Rauner vetoes put governments in suburbs on noticeJun 25, 2015 1:00 am - Some suburban school districts say a property tax freeze “compromise” Gov. Bruce Rauner offered as he vetoed the state budget, though scaled back, would hurt education a...
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How middle school went from chaos to changing livesJun 24, 2015 5:00 am - Generations at Risk series looks at Streamwood school that demands accountability, doesn't accept excuses
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Rauner signs schools budget to avoid potential closuresJun 24, 2015 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner spared Illinois schools from a looming state government shutdown Wednesday, signing the state's education budget into law as a broader budget impasse w...
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Consolidation group wants government-cutting powers for all countiesJun 23, 2015 1:00 am - A statewide group led by Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti wants every county to have the same government-eliminating powers that Illinois lawmakers have given to DuPage Count...
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Lawmakers reject reforms inspired by Breuder severanceJun 23, 2015 1:00 am - A plan to limit the length of college presidents' contracts and cap severance deals like the one given to College of DuPage President Robert Breuder was rejected by stat...
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Court: Aurora Planned Parenthood zoning case wrongly dismissedJun 23, 2015 1:00 am - An Illinois appellate court says a lower court made a mistake when it dismissed a lawsuit challenging the opening of a suburban Chicago Planned Parenthood facility. The...