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Controversy swirls around wind farm
Tradewind Energy promises DeWitt County tax revenue, but residents worry about 'quality of life'
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Missouri shows support for unions
Voters reject right-to-work law sought by Rauner in first public test since Janus ruling
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Eric Greitens, Illinois Policy Institute, IPI, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, ILEPI, Frank Manzo IV, Mark Janus, Janus, Right-to-Work
Ivanka Trump returns to Illinois
The president's daughter will tout worker training in Godfrey — and stump for a congressman
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This little piggy stays home
Illinois Pork Producers feel pinch of Trump tariffs as export markets close up and hog prices plummet
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Sen. Durbin on higher education
Budget impasse caused 'decline in confidence' in state's college towns
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Dick Durbin, ILEPI, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, SIU Carbondale, SIU Edwardsville, Western Illinois University, Randy Dunn, Mike Henry, Carbondale, Macomb
Where We've Been: Marko's Fish House
Three tables and three counter stools are somehow ample to serve customers what just might be the state's best fish sandwich
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Rauner signs law on clear hiring
The governor challenged other statewide elected officials to observe the same reforms
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Trump: It's us against them
In president's 'cult of personality,' the media are made the scapegoats
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Bruce Rauner, Kent Redfield, Illinois Politics, Springfield Gridlock, Robert Mueller, Lynn Rohrscheib, Illinois Soybean Growers, John Adams, Vladimir Putin
Teacher pensions: The full story
Higher property taxes might actually serve as an education investment and increase home values
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Ted CoxIllinois Policy Institute, IPI, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, ILEPI, Robert Bruno, University of Illinois, Illinois Education Association, Bridget Shanahan, Illinois Pension Crisis, Illinois Public Pensions, Tony McCombie
Teachers flunk limit on raises
IEA says new cap on end-of-career raises was 'buried' in budget legislation, will hurt students
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Jim Reed, Kathi Griffin, Dale Fowler, Illinois Education Association, IEA, Illinois Education, Illinois Education Funding, Education, Illinois Pensions
Splitting Granite
Trump visit divides Granite City by party and by coffee shop
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Granite City, U.S. Steel Granite City Works, Hillary Clinton, Despicable Me, Deplorables, Kool Beanz, Jerry's Cafeteria, Political Divide, Kari Schipkowski, Sheila Scheffer
Trump touts trade war in Granite City
President attempts to unify steelworkers, farmers in speech at U.S. Steel Works
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President Trump visits Illinois
Granite City splits over whether Trump tariffs deserve credit for reopened steel mill
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, U.S. Tariffs, U.S. Steel, Granite City Works, Working Families, United Steelworkers, Novel Idea Bookstore, Ernie & Annie's, Gary Gaines, Mike Bost, Brendan Kelly, Rodney Davis, John Shimkus, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Action Metro East, Piasa Palisades Group, Piasa Palisades Sierra Club, Chicago Women Take Action
Poverty worse across Illinois
Heartland Alliance issues new report placing more than half of all state counties on a watch list
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Evanston moves to raze Harley Clarke Mansion
Preservationists urged the City Council to await the results of a public referendum
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Ted CoxHarley Clarke Mansion, Landmarks Illinois, Bonnie McDonald, Jens Jensen, Evanston Lighthouse Dunes Organization, Evanston Lakehouse & Gardens, Tom Hodgman, Tim Franzen, Chicago Athletic Club, Melissa Wynne, Eleanor Revelle, Ann Rainey, Judy Fiske, Thomas Suffredin, Nicole Kustok
'The New Gilded Age'
Illinois income inequality tops national average, but Lincoln among most equal U.S. cities
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Good news on state job front
Illinois unemployment rate holds steady at lowest level in a dozen years
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Amtrak derailed by Rauner
Proposed Quad Cities, Rockford service slow to regain steam after funding was halted during state budget impasse
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One-on-One Illinois
Sen. Dick Durbin on the political power of people’s stories
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Rauner backs firm accused of voter suppression
The governor vetoed a bill calling for the state to withdraw from Kansas's controversial Crosscheck voter system
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, ACLU of Illinois, American Civil Liberties Union, Kris Kobach, Interstate Crosscheck, Voter Fraud, Voter Suppression, Donald Trump, Kwame Raoul, Ed Yohnka