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Illinois Republicans pick Springfield businessman as new party chairman – Chicago Tribune*
February 6, 2021
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Don Tracy, a former state Gaming Board chairman and unsuccessful 2010 lieutenant governor candidate, was picked by top Republicans on Saturday as the new Illinois GOP chairman. The Illinois GOP’s own statement on the announcement is here.
‘It’s like a game’: Suburban residents flock to Chicago to get vaccines – WGNTV (Chicago)
February 6, 2021
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University of Illinois just learned a very important First Amendment lesson – Campus Reform
February 6, 2021
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The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will abolish free speech restrictions imposed by its bias-response team to settle a lawsuit brought by the campus free-speech advocacy organization Speech First.
University of Chicago endorses Harvard’s ‘flawed’ ‘Implicit Bias’ test – Campus Reform
February 6, 2021
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Gambling addiction grows with Illinois’ booming sports betting industry — ‘It’s in your face all the time’ – Chicago Sun-Times*
February 6, 2021
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The number of Illinoisans seeking help for problem gambling has almost doubled since legislators approved a massive gambling expansion in 2019. Experts expect that number to keep growing.
Op-ed: New teaching standards will make classrooms more inclusive – Chicago Tribune*
February 6, 2021
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“Illinois’ new standards will better prepare teachers to support and educate all of their students, regardless of background. By doing so, we can create an America that finally honors the values enshrined in the Declaration of Independence.”
Illinois tax break for businesses in limbo – Crain’s*
February 6, 2021
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Lawmakers are not around to act on the governor’s request about offsetting losses, and the state doesn’t know whether it will have to fill an additional $1 billion budget hole.
Do Biden or Pritzker give a flying fig about the children? – ChicagoNow
February 6, 2021
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Pritzker has the power to order Illinoisans to “shelter” in their homes, to ruin businesses and to padlock the schools. He’s a Democrat, the same party as Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, yet he hangs her out to dry when he could be using a huge influence to pressure the Chicago Teachers Union to end its insane, bogus and anti-scientific claims that its members are risking their lives by returning to the classroom.
Here’s How Coronavirus Is Affecting Chicago Nursing Homes – Patch Chicago
February 6, 2021
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Chicago teachers poised to strike as mayor threatens another lockout – World Socialists Web Site
February 6, 2021
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Column: CTU Invested $795,796 In Political Allies Who Lobby Chicago Way – Patch Chicago
February 6, 2021
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Mark Konkol: “To me, the money trail — from taxpayers to teacher salaries to CTU coffers to political action committees to politicians spouting union talking points at a news conference — is a reminder that the looming threat of a teachers strike is about more than negotiations over how to safely offer parents the option to return students to classrooms.”
A Report Undercuts Nuclear Firm’s Claims That Its Plants Need Bailouts. But Is It For Real? – Forbes
February 6, 2021
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