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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – An Illinois state representative says the attempted closure of Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center shows that the Illinois Department of Human Services is failing vulnerable residents and taxpayers.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker celebrated the "best of the best" in Illinois education Tuesday, awarding 24 schools the Governor’s Blue Ribbon award amid a backdrop of widening state funding gaps and lagging math and reading scores.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Union County State’s Attorney Tyler Tripp has announced that the Illinois Department of Human Services formally requested to withdraw its request for closure of Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says unethical public officials should self select themselves out of office if they choose to break the law.
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(The Center Square) – With tight races for the Illinois General Assembly taking place across the state, some downstate races receive less attention than some of the races in the Chicagoland area – even as many downstate races may be just as close this year.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Sentencing is scheduled Jan. 22 for a former Peoria High School basketball coach who pleaded guilty Friday in separate cases involving the sexual assault and grooming of students.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Following the fatal stabbing of a Chicago Transit Authority employee while on the job, one state lawmaker is continuing his call to reform the SAFE-T Act because the man who killed the employee had multiple previous felony convictions.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Voters in at least three Illinois counties are considering sales tax referendums.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center (Square) – A former employee of a state subcontractor has been indicted on charges that she fraudulently obtained more than $4.6 million in COVID-era unemployment insurance benefits for herself and hundreds of others.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Two weeks from the midterm election, some statehouse races are close, potentially putting some Chicagoland-area GOP seats at risk of flipping and creating more of Democrat dominance in Illinois.
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