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“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
March 4, 2018

In my last post, I said that the pension cost shift that the Governor proposed...

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August 31, 2017

On Monday, the House finally passed an education funding bill. The last time the legislature...

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August 8, 2017

There’s some misinformation flying around about the Governor’s amendatory veto of the school funding bill...

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July 30, 2017

As I said in my previous post, my problem with SB 1 is the fact...

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January 28, 2016

Every “State of” speech I’ve ever heard follows the same script: A recitation of accomplishments...

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December 20, 2015

So now we know that next year the State of Illinois will have to shell...

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September 11, 2015

“The State has the primary responsibility for financing the system of public education.” Constitution of...

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September 8, 2015

“The State has the primary responsibility for financing the system of public education.” Constitution of...

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September 1, 2015

“The State has the primary responsibility for financing the system of public education.” Constitution of...

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August 31, 2015

“The State has the primary responsibility for financing the system of public education.” Constitution of...

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July 30, 2015

After pensions, the biggest issue facing Illinois taxpayers (at least, until the impending Medicaid crisis...

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July 9, 2015

Marva Collins, a substitute teacher who cashed in her $5,000 in pension savings and opened...

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