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SEPTEMBER 4, 2017 BY KIRSTY JANE
Parents Pull Their Kids From Prestigious School After Transgender ‘Indoctrination’ In Kindergarten
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California’s Rocklin Academy has a long waiting list for admissions, but that isn’t stopping some parents from pulling their children out of the prestigious charter...
'Zombie dogs' roaming near Chicago are infected coyotes, police warn
Published September 03, 2017
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Police warned residents to stay away from the "zombie dogs" because they are infected coyotes. (Hanover Park Police Department)
Police are warning residents of a Chicago suburb...
Winners And Losers Of Education Funding In Illinois
Funding the adults and focusing on the inputs not the outputs has been the basis of education funding in Illinois. Who should we be thanking for getting the tax credit scholarships included?...
Editors note: Lets hide our wallets!! Fed will cut us off as we are a Sanctuary State. Horrible business decisions by Chicago Public schools gave them their unfunded pension liability which All Illinois taxpayers are now responsible for. Employees...
Lawmakers give insight into school funding reform negotiations
By Greg Bishop | Illinois News Network
August 2017
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ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
Key Republicans involved in the negotiations over school funding reform say some of the major issues they are focusing on...
GOP lawmakers say the time to deal with TIFs in school funding formula is now
By Greg Bishop | Illinois News Network
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ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
Tax Increment Finance (TIF) districts in Illinois hide property wealth from the state in the...
News From
State Representative Mark Batinick
For Immediate Release Contact: Rep. Batinick
August 17, 2017 (815) 254-0000
Moody’s calls out Illinois for lack of school funding; Rep. Batinick urges quick passage of HB 4085
SPRINGFIELD– Moody’s Investors Service issued a report today on the State of...
Opioid Information Session Hosted By Will County Board Members
The public information session will be held at Homer Township Public Library on Aug. 31.
By Andrea Earnest (Patch Staff) - Updated August 15, 2017 12:40 pm ET
HOMER GLEN, IL — Will County Board members from...
Senate overrides Gov. Rauner's veto of school funding reform legislation; House up next
By Dan McCaleb and Greg Bishop | Illinois News Network
Aug 13, 2017 Updated Aug 13, 2017
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Illinois Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady speaks on the Senate floor on...