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News from December 2020

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Swamp Tours: I got this thing…and it’s f’ing golden

By Swamp Tours | Dec 4, 2020

Welcome to Swamp Tours, a new weekly column written by a veteran Springfield observer and insider.

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6 Illinois counties post debt-to-income ratio of nearly 3.5-to-1, Federal Reserve reports

By LGIS News Service | Dec 4, 2020

Greene, Kendall, Marshall, Menard, Monroe and Piatt counties posted the highest average household debt-to-income ratios in Illinois during the first quarter of 2020, the Federal Reserve System reported recently.

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IHSA shutters winter sports until 2021

By Prairie State Wire reports | Dec 3, 2020

Winter sports in Illinois are effectively on hold until 2021.

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Former candidate Curran: ' anyone supporting Jim Durkin needs to go'

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 3, 2020

Going forward, former House candidate Mark Curran wonders how the Illinois Republican Party can win.“Jim Durkin refused to support me against his close friend Dick Durbin for U.S.

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Glennon says 'pensions are Illinois' biggest problem' and state must reform or face bankruptcy

By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 3, 2020

It is becoming increasingly clearer that Congress will not be forcing American taxpayers to bailout Illinois’ hemorrhaging public pension systems under cover of a COVID-19 rescue plan as many elected officials had hoped.

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Pro-Family Alliance comes out against ‘Culturally Responsive’ teaching amendment

By Kyla Asbury | Dec 2, 2020

The Pro-Family Alliance is coming out decidedly against an amendment that would provide teachers instruction on Critical Race Theory, equity training and other controversial race-related education standards.

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‘Culturally Responsive’ teaching amendment would require teachers to adopt ‘progressive’ attitudes in the classroom

By Kyla Asbury | Dec 2, 2020

Critics argue an amendment being proposed by the Illinois State Board of Education would introduce elements such as critical race Theory and Equity training into classrooms across the state.

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Dabrowski says he isn't quite ready for Madigan to go, and 'nobody knowns for sure' what the future holds

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 2, 2020

Ted Dabrowski isn’t quite ready to herald the fall of longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan just yet.“Nobody knows for sure,” the Wirepoints president told Chicago City Wire.