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Rep. Brad Halbrook calls for wiser approach to state K-12 funding

SHELBYVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- State Representative Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) recently called for K-12 funding to be more focused following a report on the alarming rapid growth of education in the past two decades. “We need money for schools but simply throwing money at our school districts isn’t the answer,” Halbrook said in a statement. “Most people understand that funding schools is a civic duty we all have. Even people who do not have kids enrolled in school understand that funding […]

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Rep. Jeanne Ives points to Coles County assessment suit as proof system is broken

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- State Representative Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) wants the Illinois Department of Revenue to investigate every Illinois county to determine whether property assessments have been performed according to law. “Illinois has the highest effective property tax rates in the nation," Ives said in a press release. "We just raised income taxes 32% when too many of our residents already cannot afford to live here. We need a system where residents can be assured that they will not be […]

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Illinois Policy Institute: Moody’s warns delay of state funding for Illinois schools a ‘credit negative’

SPRINGFIELD/CHICAGO (Illinois Policy Institute) -- State lawmakers keep giving ratings agencies reasons to downgrade Illinois government: pension crises, years of bad budgets and a two-year budget impasse are just a few examples. All have caused the credit ratings of various Illinois governments – from cities to universities to the state itself – to collapse. Many are now junk-rated and the state is just one notch away from junk itself. Now the ratings agencies have yet another reason to downgrade some […]

todayAugust 21, 2017 2

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Circuit clerk issues statement regarding civil case e-filing

HILLSBORO (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Starting January 1, 2018, all civil cases in Illinois must be e-filed and Montgomery County Circuit Clerk Holly Lemons wants to make sure court users are not caught off guard as the deadline is quickly approaching. An Illinois Supreme Court mandate requires all users of the court file electronically, including pro se litigants. "We want to encourage learning and utilizing the system early," Lemons said. " I don't want users to run into issues once the […]

todayAugust 18, 2017 26

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Phoenix mayor asks Trump to cancel rally next week

PHOENIX/WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton has publicly asked President Donald Trump to postpone a campaign-style rally scheduled for Tuesday. In a statement Wednesday, Stanton, a Democrat, asked Trump to delay his visit to Phoenix because "our nation is still healing from the tragic events at Charlottesville." A senior Trump campaign adviser told ABC News on Wednesday, "Barring any unforeseen events between now and then, there is no chance we will delay the rally." Some other scheduled events across the country have been canceled […]

todayAugust 17, 2017 4

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Study reveals transgender troops ban could cost $960 million

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (UPI) -- If the U.S. military implements President Donald Trump's directive to ban transgender people from serving, it would cost the U.S. government about $960 million, according to a report. The study released by the Palm Center estimates the cost to replace the transgender service members would be 114 times more than the $8.4 million to provide them care for gender transition. "President Trump said that he wants to fire honorably serving transgender troops in order to save […]

todayAugust 15, 2017 16

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Lockheed Martin receives $24.1 million F-35 systems contract

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin has received a $24.1 million modification to an existing contract for F-35 Lightning II logistics services for U.S. and foreign military sales customers, the Department of Defense announced on Friday. The contract will apply toward the standing up of depots and systems for the aircraft's canopy and avionics. It will supply the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, non-Pentagon participants and foreign military sales participants. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is projected to be finished in August […]

todayAugust 14, 2017 4

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AG Jeff Sessions: ‘Evil’ Charlottesville attack was domestic terrorism

WASHINGTON/CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (UPI) -- U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday the "evil attack" that killed a woman protesting a white supremacy rally in Charlottesville, Va., was an act of domestic terrorism. James Alex Fields, Jr., is accused of plowing his Dodge Challenger into a crowd of people who were demonstrating against the white nationalist rallies on Saturday. After the initial strike, the car then reversed and hit additional pedestrians. Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old paralegal, died after she was struck. During an interview […]

todayAugust 14, 2017 26

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Sen. Andy Manar rejects funding changes that would bring $8.7 million more to his school districts

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed/Illinois Policy Institute) -- The chief Senate sponsor of Senate Bill 1, State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) has criticized Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto of the new education funding bill. Rauner’s amendatory veto removed language from SB 1 that amounted to a bailout for Chicago Public Schools. Specifically, Manar promoted a map that shows analysis by Advance Illinois claiming a large number of “losing districts” under the governor’s changes. But an Illinois State Board of Education analysis […]

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