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Grassroots groups take fair-tax debate to people
Vote Yes for Fair Tax holds six news conferences across state on rescheduled Tax Day
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Ted CoxVote Yes for Fair Tax, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Taxes, Illinois Tax Brackets, Illinois Tax Day, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Fair Tax Amendment, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, SIUC, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Project for Middle Class Renewal, UIUC
J.B. volunteers Illinois to go first in prez race
After Iowa debacle, guv tweets, ‘It’s time for the most representative state in the country to be the first in the nation’
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Ted CoxIowa Caucuses, J.B. Pritzker, U.S. Presidential Campaign, U.S. Primary System, Illinois Primary, Donald Trump, Joe Walsh, David Yepsen, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, SIUC, Politico Illinois, Capitol Fax, Rich Miller, Shia Kapos, Dick Durbin, Kyle Griffin, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney
Durbin rips freight lines for 'dismal' Amtrak times
The Illini and Saluki lines saw more delays last year, with just 6 percent of Illini trains arriving in Chicago on time
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Ted CoxAmtrak, Dick Durbin, Amtrak Illini Service, Amtrak Saluki Line, Southern Illinois University, SIUC, Canadian National, Federal Railroad Administration, Richard Anderson, Amtrak On-Time Performance
U. of Chicago, NU in top 10, UIUC makes top 50 in latest college rankings
U.S. News annual report finds Wheaton, Knox rising
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Ted CoxU.S. News & World Report, U.S. News University Rankings, University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University, Loyola University Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology, IIT, UIUC, Wheaton College, Knox College, Illinois Wesleyan, Augustana College, Lake Forest College, Principia College, DePaul University, UIC, Illinois State University, SIUC
ISU, EIU see influx of freshmen
Illinois State registers largest incoming class since mid-’80s
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Ted CoxISU, EIU, SIUC, SIUE, Illinois Public Universities, ISU Enrollment, EIU Enrollment, Larry Dietz, Jana Albrecht, Josh Norman, Randy Pembrook, Martin Abraham, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker
Has SIU Carbondale stopped the bleeding?
‘We are gaining traction and moving in the right direction,’ says Chancellor Dunn as enrollment decline slows
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Support to legalize pot running high
New poll counters naysayers, finding 60 percent of Illinoisans back legal weed
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Ted CoxIllinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Global Strategy Group, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, SIUC, J.B. Pritzker, Marty Moylan, Bruce Kettelkamp, Dan Linn, NORML Illinois, Think Big Illinois
Separatist legislator has 'pants on fire'
BGA finds lies on government funding being spread by state Rep. Halbrook
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Brad Halbrook, Better Government Association, BGA, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, SIUC, UIUC, Champaign News-Gazette, Illinois Gun Control, Illinois Abortion Rights, Illinois Immigration, Political Divide
Manar proposes $50M for new SIU capital campus
State senator foresees ‘a significant and lasting impact on downtown Springfield and the capital city at large’
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Ted CoxAndy Manar, J.B. Pritzker, SIU, SIU Springfield, SIUE, SIUC, Illinois Capital Bill, University of Illinois, UIUC, UIC, University of Illinois at Springfield
ISU holds its own, but NIU, WIU drop
ISU enrollment was boosted by freshmen and international students, but Northern and Western continued to slide
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