Enrollment for the center is about 1,200 students, an uptick from the 1,100 served at the center in the spring 2014 semester. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20150307/news/150308971/
The Illinois Health Information Exchange was created in 2010 with nearly $19 million in stimulus funds. But the seed money has run out, and through October, four months into its current budget year, the program posted a $390,000 operating loss. http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150307/ISSUE01/150309811/why-illinois-ambitious-plan-for-electronic-medical-records-is
About 100,000 low-income Illinois families turn to state child care assistance during parents’ working hours. http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/mailbag/stabilize-illinois-child-care-program/article_fbf814d8-196d-5b47-8d17-9897c10d7c43.html
There is a new push to allow Sunday car sales in Illinois, which have been banned since 1983. http://abc7chicago.com/automotive/bill-seeks-to-overturn-ban-on-illinois-sunday-car-sales/548031/
Aaron Lawler, Lake County Board Chairman since 2012, is setting an agenda to remove unnecessary mandates that cost taxpayers millions of dollars each year.
With time short, the Chicago push has taken on the full trappings of a political campaign. https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/03/05/what-price-must-chicago-pay-for-obama-library-will/hoFlwk45wOnuTnlrPQwsXN/story.html
Since its inception in 1974, the Lottery has contributed nearly $18 billion to school funding. In FY 2013, 83% of the Lottery’s profit went to education funding (the rest went to the state Capital Projects Fund and to causes supported by specialty lottery games). http://www.rebootillinois.com/2015/03/04/editors-picks/mattdietrich/wheres-the-illinois-state-lottery-money-for-schools-same-place-its-always-been/34351/?utm_content=buffer8514f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter