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State spending 36 percent of money allocated for education on pension costs

By Colin Froment | 5 years ago

Illinois Policy recently released a new study detailing how pension costs are negatively impacting budgets throughout the state’s school districts.

Sen. Weaver demanding new Constitutional Amendment for independent map drawing

By Colin Froment | Jul 19, 2019

In response to the Supreme Court ruling that the political map drawing process is not an issue for the courts to decide, Illinois Sen. Chuck Weaver (R-Peoria) reiterated the call to pass a state Constitutional Amendment that will allow voters to decide who will hold the power to draw legislative boundary maps for state districts.