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Posts tagged Southern Illinois University
Rep. Mah: Springfield partisan divide exaggerated, but not on taxes
Fair Tax failure could lead to tax hike combined with new exemptions
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Ted Cox November 12, 2020 Theresa Mah , Illinois Political Divide , Urban vs. Rural , Fair Tax Amendment , Illinois House Progressive Caucus , Paul Simon Public Policy Institute , Southern Illinois University , Illinois Fair Tax , Illinois Graduated Income Tax , COVID-19 Relief , Coronavirus Relief , Earned Income Tax Credit , Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community , Tammy Duckworth , Pat Quinn , Jesus "Chuy" Garcia , Illinois Farm Bureau , Adopt-a-Legislator
Big election turnout amplified deep divisions
Fair Tax failure puts state on course to repeat worst of Rauner budget impasse, warns SIU Prof. Jackson
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Ted Cox November 10, 2020 2020 Presidential Election , Fair Tax Amendment , Illinois Fair Tax , Illinois Graduated Income Tax , Illinois Progressive Income Tax , John Jackson , Southern Illinois University , Paul Simon Public Policy Institute , Political Divide , Donald Trump , Joe Biden , J.B. Pritzker , Thomas Kilbride , Dick Simpson , University of Illinois at Chicago , Bruce Rauner , Bill Clinton , Barack Obama
U.S. News ranks U. of C., NU in top 10, UIUC 47th
UIC makes leap to tie Loyola; Lake Forest College among leaders for social mobility
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Ted Cox September 13, 2020 U.S. News & World Report , U.S. News University Rankings , U.S. News College Rankings , University of Chicago , Northwestern University , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , University of Illinois at Chicago , UIUC , UIC , Lake Forest College , Loyola University Chicago , DePaul University , Illinois Institute of Technology , IIT , Illinois State University , Illinois State Universities , Southern Illinois University , Wheaton College , Knox College , Illinois Wesleyan , Principia College , Augustana College , Princeton University , Harvard University , Columbia University , MIT , Yale University , Stanford University , Penn , Johns Hopkins University
U. of I. leads enrollment increases despite COVID
State universities defy pandemic to welcome more students this fall
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Ted Cox September 10, 2020 University of Illinois , University of Illinois at Springfield , University of Illinois System , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , University of Illinois at Chicago , UIUC Enrollment , UIC Enrollment , Illinois State University , ISU Enrollment , Northern Illinois University , NIU Enrollment , Southern Illinois University , SUIC Enrollment , Eastern Illinois University , Western Illinois University , Illinois Public Universities , Coronavirus , Illinois Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Illinois COVID-19 , Tim Killeen , Robert Jones , Lisa Freeman , Austin Lane , Martin Abraham , Jana Albrecht
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 Cox October 24, 2019 Amtrak , Dick Durbin , Amtrak Illini Service , Amtrak Saluki Line , Southern Illinois University , SIUC , Canadian National , Federal Railroad Administration , Richard Anderson , Amtrak On-Time Performance
Trump confirms SIU visit Saturday: How to get tix
The president plans a late-afternoon campaign stop at the Southern Illinois Airport
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Ted Cox October 22, 2018 Donald Trump , Mike Bost , Brendan Kelly , Rodney Davis , Betsy Dirksen Londrigan , John Lewis , Southern Illinois University , Southern Illinois Airport , Mike Henry , Flyover Social Center , Paul Ryan
Illinois revives in college rankings
UIUC returns to top 50, but ISU and SIU drop in U.S. News rankings
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Ted Cox September 10, 2018 UIUC , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , University of Chicago , UIC , University of Illinois at Chicago , Illinois State University , Southern Illinois University , SIU Edwardsville , SIU Carbondale , U.S. News & World Report , Northwestern University , Northern Illinois University , Loyola University Chicago , Wheaton College , Knox College , DePaul University
Facts are not always enough
Disparity in statewide spending leads to division when it should show the path to reconciliation
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Ted Cox August 17, 2018 Bruce Rauner , Michael Madigan , J.B. Pritzker , Garden of the Gods , Shawnee National Forest , The Hewer , Richard J. Daley , Southern Illinois University , Paul Simon Policy Institute , John Foster , John Jackson , John Adams
Everybody hurts
But contrary to public perception, downstate Illinois gets back much more in state revenue than it puts in, with Chicago and its suburbs footing the bill
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Ted Cox August 14, 2018 Bruce Rauner , Michael Madigan , Paul Simon , Paul Simon Policy Institute , Southern Illinois University , SIU Carbondale , Illinois Politics , Illinois Political Divide , Illinois Policy Institute , John Jackson , John Foster
Strength in moderation
Carbondale’s Mayor Henry, a moderate Republican, turns SIU campus town around with the help of, yes, new taxes
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Ted Cox June 4, 2018 Mike Henry , Randy Dunn , Dick Durbin , SIU Carbondale , Southern Illinois University , Charles Percy , John Anderson , Amtrak , City of New Orleans , Partisan Politics
Job creators? Look to state universities
SIU enrollment drop at Carbondale campus sends economic ripples across southern Illinois
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Ted Cox May 29, 2018 Southern Illinois University , SIU Carbondale , SIU Edwardsville , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Mike Henry , Dick Durbin , Randy Dunn , Frank Manzo IV , Robert Bruno , Illinois Economic Policy Institute , Carbondale , Bruce Rauner , Amtrak , City of New Orleans
Saving Bucky's Dome
Carbondale’s Buckminster Fuller aficionados close in on restoring the only geodesic dome he actually lived in
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Ted Cox May 25, 2018 Buckminster Fuller , Bucky Fuller , Jon Davey , Bill Perk , Delyte Morris , Southern Illinois University , Carbondale , SIU Carbondale , Geodesic Dome , Illinois Institute of Technology , Bucky Dome , National Park Service , Save America's Treasures , Environmentalism , Sustainability , Jenny McCarthy , Jim Belushi , Dick Gregory
President Dunn faces furor at SIU
Embattled campus leader clings to job after calling Carbondale critics 'bitchers'
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Ted Cox May 22, 2018 Randy Dunn , Kathleen Chwalisz , Southern Illinois University , SIU Carbondale , SIU Edwardsville , SIU Springfield , WTF? Carbondale , Carbondale Bitchers , Terri Bryant , Chad Hayes , Natalie Phelps Finnie
