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Illinois residents may no longer have to prove they need welfare
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Watchdog
SPRINGFIELD — Folks in Illinois looking for cash grants from the government may soon not have to prove they have little money in the bank.
Read More →5 reasons Chicago rally failed to stop school closings
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Watchdog
SPRINGFIELD — As Chicago’s school board was meeting Wednesday to close 49 schools in that city, a couple of dozen advocates descended on the Illinois Capitol to try to stop them.
Chicago leaders have been debating whether, and how, to close schools that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said are either under [...]
IL fracking fight now only between green groups
SPRINGFIELD — When environmental activists half-heartedly chanted “shame” as an Illinois legislative panel gave the first approval to high-volume hydraulic fracturing regulations, they were speaking as much to other green groups as they were to lawmakers.
Read More →Critics say IL Gov. Quinn’s latest hire kept candidate out of key Dem race
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Watchdog
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is either the king of coincidences, or likes to hire failed Democrats.
A handful of Illinois Republican state senators say it is obviously the latter.
Read More →IL university pension reform means students will pay more
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Watchdog
SPRINGFIELD — When Illinois’ top public universities say they will gladly pay more of the pension costs for their employees, what they really is mean is that students are going to pay millions of dollars more in tuition and fees.
University of Illinois President James Easter and Southern Illinois University President [...]
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