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A proposal bolstering Illinois funding for early education is now law.Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the plan Thursday at an event with his wife, Diana Rauner.…
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Public universities in Illinois are getting some financial relief as part of the state’s new stop-gap spending measure. That will help the schools, but…
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While the just-passed budget deal appropriates just a half year of funding for most government services, schools get a full year. Senate Democrats lost…
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There's intense pressure on Illinois lawmakers to pass a budget before Friday, when a new fiscal year begins. Gov. Bruce Rauner spent hours meeting with...
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Illinois' governor has invited the legislative leaders to a meeting early this evening at the capitol. It'll be an opportunity for them to hash out budget…
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Illinois lawmakers are expected to vote on a short-term budget on Wednesday, when they'll be back in Springfield for the first time in a month. There's...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner says there's general agreement on a partial-year budget to keep Illinois state government going past Thursday's…
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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner says he’s close to reaching a short-term budget deal with Democrats.“What we’ve been told is that we’re very, very close.…
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More than a dozen superintendents representing school districts in Peoria County are calling on legislators and the governor to pass an education budget.…
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Thanks to the ongoing budget impasse, school districts around Illinois are scrambling to figure out how to open without state funding. Schools that...