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News from January 2018

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Too many school district in Illinois? What you should know about school consolidation

By LGIS News Service | Jan 23, 2018

It is no secret that Illinois is home to the greatest number of government units in the nation, nearly 7,000.

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BGA: "Ready, Set, Gov" Podcast: Broken City with Jamie Kalven of The Invisible

By LGIS News Service | Jan 23, 2018

We talk about policing, violence, and justice with Jamie Kalven, the reporter who first broke the story of the Laquan McDonald shooting and the founder of the Invisible Institute.

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Bryan Caplan talks with Dan & Amy about his new book "The Case Against Education"

By LGIS News Service | Jan 23, 2018

Bryan Caplan talks with Dan & Amy about his new book "The Case Against Education"

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Chicago's Morning Answer: Are the tax cuts "crumbs?"

By Hoang Tran | Jan 23, 2018

Stephen Moore joins Dan & Amy with reaction to Nancy Pelosi and "tax crumbs."

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Chicago's Morning Answer Brink Lindsey talks with Dan & Amy about his book "The Captured Economy"

By Hoang Tran | Jan 23, 2018

Brink Lindsey talks with Dan & Amy about his book "The Captured Economy."

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Planned Parenthood 'cashing in' on taxpayer-funded abortion law with new Flossmoor clinic and others

By W.J. Kennedy | Jan 23, 2018

The abortion business is revving up in Illinois.

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Bettergov: Fact check Rauner says legionella is in most of Illinois but to what extent

By LGIS News Service | Jan 23, 2018

In 2015, during Bruce Rauner’s first year as governor, a virulent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at the state-run Illinois Veterans’ Home in downstate Quincy killed 12 residents and sickened dozens of others.

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Doubek: Who's assessing the assessor? Voters are, on their own.

By LGIS News Service | Jan 23, 2018

We’re just a couple months from the March 20th primary when Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios will face two Democratic challengers, Fritz Kaegi and Andrea Raila.

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This week in Illinois history: Feb. 5-11

By Robert Hadley | Jan 22, 2018

Featured this week are President Ronald Reagan's birthday, a law approving riverboat gambling and the launch of the Boy Scouts of America.

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In transgender debate, 'biology isn't bigotry,' author says

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 22, 2018

Ryan T. Anderson dreads the way he sees gender dysphoria sufferers being allowed to affect society at large.

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Rauner state schools' chief calls for $1,500 per household tax hike

By W.J. Kennedy | Jan 21, 2018

Governor Bruce Rauner's handpicked state schools superintendent is calling for a massive, $7.2 billion tax hike to fund higher school administrator and staff salaries.

OPINION: LaHood: Tax Relief: Promises made, promises kept

By U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) | Jan 19, 2018

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OPINION: Someone needs to monitor our State Board of Elections

By Madison-St. Clair Record | Jan 19, 2018

“With 19,520 registered voters as of January 13, 2012, and only 19,000 persons over the age of 18 [in East St. Louis], according to the United States Census Bureau’s 2010 report, it seems that we have now a major case of over-registration,” Matt Hawkins of the East St. Louis Alliance for Change lamented six years ago.

Sean Duffy joins Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson to talk #DACA and possible government shutdown

By LGIS News Service | Jan 19, 2018

Sean Duffy joins Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson to talk #DACA and possible government shutdown

Chicago's Morning Answer: Heather MacDonald w/ Dan & Amy: #MeToo's Impossible Premise

By Hoang Tran | Jan 19, 2018

Chicago's Morning Answer: Heather MacDonald w/ Dan & Amy: #MeToo's Impossible Premise

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Chicago GOP leader says Rauner trying buy Republican support

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 18, 2018

Chicago Republican Party Chairman Chris Cleveland has heard all the rumblings about Gov. Bruce Rauner’s attempt to “buy off” GOP county organizations as part of his re-election effort, but he’s convinced no amount of money in the world can save him from himself.

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Ives takes aim at Rauner in latest campaign ad

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 18, 2018

Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton), who is running against Gov. Bruce Rauner in the Republican primary, goes on the attack against her rival in a new “Ives: The Choice for Republican Voters In 2018” advertisement.

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Cubs, White Sox have high hopes for new season

By Nathan Davis | Jan 18, 2018

With spring training for Major League Baseball just around the corner, the Chicago Cubs and White Sox are gearing up for the season. Both teams are heading into spring training with a good level of optimism.

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Ives backing Rotheimer's push to appear before ethics panel in Silverstein case

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 18, 2018

Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) is throwing her support behind Denise Rotheimer’s ongoing crusade to appear before the ethics panel hearing testimony about her sexual harassment compliant against Sen. Ira Silverstein (D-Chicago).

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Illinois' 100 worst grade school ELA scores: Where does your school district rank?

By LGIS Newsfeed | Jan 18, 2018

Grade school districts in Cook and St. Clair counties had the lowest reading aptitude scores in Illinois, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.