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Last year, NPR Illinois toured the state in partnership with NPR member stations to hear how the two-year state budget impasse impacted communities in…
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Watch the tenth Illinois Issues forum on the state budget and Illinois' financial future in Carbondale, Illinois. The forum is hosted by NPR Illinois...
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Disparate entities say laws in this area need to change at the state and national levels.
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Anti-Madigan effort fails to sway House members in speaker election.
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Campus communities in the state feel the consequences of drastic higher education cuts.
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Nearly 200 new laws go into effect in Illinois on January 1. The state still doesn’t have a budget. A stopgap spending plan, which was approved over the...
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Several long-serving lawmakers are retiring from the General Assembly when their terms end in January. Between now and the time they leave office,...
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A proposed amendment to the state’s constitution would protect money set aside for transportation projects. Supporters say the change is needed because...
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Before he ran for governor, Bruce Rauner described a plan to use funding for social services as a “wedge” issue to persuade Democrats to support anti...
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Teen pregnancy rates are going down in Illinois and across the nation because teens are having less sex, and when they do, they’re using contraception...