Pension Lawsuit Update, Oct 8
We talk with Attorney Aaron Maduff, representing the State Universities Annuitants Association and get a status update on SUAA's lawsuit against the state, challenging...
Struggle to Fund Education, Medicaid, and Pensions Without a Budget
From the Annual Illinois Association of School Boards conference in Chicago: we attend a panel with State Senators Jason Barickman and Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, and...
Sen Andy Manar on the Need to Reform School Funding Formula
SPRINGFIELD - Sen Andy Manar (D) tells the Citizens Club of Springfield, why the state of Illinois needs to restructure the Education Funding Formula, and...
Senate President Cullerton (D) on the Legislative Agenda
SPRINGFIELD: Senate President John Cullerton talks before members of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce and the NFIB, and talks about the state budget, school...
Senate President Cullerton (D) Reacts to Gov’s Budget & the Political...
Senate Majority Leader John Cullerton Reacts to Governor Rauner's budget Address, and explains his frustration with the Governor continuing to insist that his "Turn...
Illinois YMCA Youth and Government to Mark Its 69th Annual General...
Springfield - For decades, it's been a way of making the lessons on the workings of state government both understandable, educational and fun. That...
LIVE from the Illinois Assn of School Boards Annual Conference in...
CHICAGO: Before a room of school board members, a panel of lawmakers will discussed significant issues affecting schools in Illinois. State funding, unfunded mandates,...
Learning to Survive the Lasting Trauma of a School Shooting
From the Illinois Association of School Boards conference in Chicago - We hear from Carly Posey, a mother of children who...
Sen Andy Manar (D) on SB16, ReStructuring Education Funding
After holding meetings around the state in 2013, Sen Manar's bill SB-16, would change the funding formula for how school districts get state funds...
How Should Schools Accommodate Transgender Students
From Chicago: At the Illinois School Boards 2016 Fall Conference, a panel discusses the issues of transgender students, and what school administrators should understand...
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Historian Mark DePue: Preserving Illinois’ Oral History
From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library: We talk with historian and fmr military officer, Mark DePue on his work of conducting indepth oral history...