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State-employee labor unions have filed a lawsuit to force Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration to pay medical claims for 146,000 state workers and retirees…
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State employees are worried about how they'll pay for everything from doctors' visits to dental care, after news this week that some insurance claims may…
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President Obama had a plan to rate colleges on how well they served students financially. Then he backed off. So we asked three smart people how they would do it.
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The Illinois State Board of Education is releasing preliminary results from the new "PARCC" test, which was developed to assess how much students are…
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Public employee and retiree health care benefits may be the next casualty of the state budget impasse.
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Southern Illinois University President Randy Dunn says the school is facing its own 'fiscal cliff' when it comes to a lack of money from the state.Dunn…
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It's been more than four years since Illinois abolished capital punishment. Now there's another voice to bring it back.State Sen. Bill Haine (D-Alton)…
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Former Illinois Lieutenant Governor Sheila Simon says she wants to go back to Springfield - but this time as a State Senator.Simon, a Democrat, will run…
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Gov.Bruce Rauner declared victory Wednesday in a key battle against government labor unions and the Democratic Party. AFSCME and other state employee...
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A government labor union says it's “positive” the Illinois House will side with it over Gov. Bruce Rauner. A key vote on on whether to override Rauner's...