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One Illinois is 1
A new guv, a new fair tax, and a new record cold temperature: looking back on our first anniversary
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Income Tax, M.K. Pritzker, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Sports Betting, Illinois Teacher Shortage, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Infrastructure, Illinois Capital Bill, Harley Clarke Mansion, Great River Tug Fest, IEPA, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO, Lori Lightfoot, Mike Henry, Tyrone Coleman, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Andy Manar, Carlinville High School, Chicago Urban League, Rich Krueger
Manar sponsors bill to end daylight saving time
Carlinville High School civics students spur change
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Ted CoxAndy Manar, Daylight Saving Time, Carlinville High School, Andrew DeNeve, Tyler Behme, Travis Osborn, Tristen Burns, Tucker Green, Princeton University, John Cullerton, Illinois Senate Democrats, Logan Ridenour
Senate subcommittee hears calls for capital bill
Former Peoria Congressman and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says, ‘Illinois is one big pothole’
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Ted CoxRay LaHood, Tom Oakley, Andy Manar, Martin Sandoval, Illinois Capital Bill, Illinois Infrastructure, Kirk Dillard, James Derwinski, John Szabo, Regional Transportation Authority, Metra, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, Pat Quinn, Dave Bender, American Council for Engineering Companies of Illinois, MarySue Barrett, Metropolitan Planning Council, Pat McGuire, Clayton Harris III, Illinois International Port Authority, Ron Burke, Active Transportation Alliance
Teacher shortage 'is real, large, and growing'
State Sen. Manar moves package including hike in minimum salary to $40K
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Rural, downstate counties to benefit most from Pritzker 'fair tax'
More than half of Illinois counties will see just 1 percent of residents pay more
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Counties, TaxSlayer Center, Capitol Fax, Ideas Illinois, Illinois Policy Institute, Illinois News Network, Toi Hutchinson, Andy Manar, Mike Zalewski, Don Harmon
Ag director commits to rural broadband
Sullivan follows through on Pritzker pledge, sees opportunity in capital bill
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Manar renews push for $40k teacher minimum salary
Senate committee advances bill after veto last year by Gov. Rauner
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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
Pritzker promises 'fierce urgency' to revive education
State Sen. Manar, IEA President Griffin among leaders of transition committee including school and college administrators
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Juliana Stratton, Andy Manar, Chris Welch, Kathi Griffin, Janice Jackson, Chicago Public Schools, Illinois Education Association, University of Illinois, Illinois State University, University of Chicago, Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, Kimberly Lightford, Fred Crespo, Will Davis, Chicago Teachers Union, Raise Your Hand, More Than a Score, Illinois PTA
Six months in the Land of Lincoln: New video
One Illinois marks a glorious half-year of touring the state and telling the stories of its people
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Bruce Rauner, Chris Lain, Lee Ann Porter, Rachael Heaton, Owen Muelder, Jean deDieu Ahorloo, Great River Tug Fest, Great River Road, Nachusa Grasslands, Bald Eagles, Illinois Eagles, Buckminster Fuller, Bucky Dome, Route 66, Obed & Isaac's, Sterigenics, Dick Durbin, Andy Manar, Mike Henry, FOIA
Pritzker: 'We are one Illinois'
In Quincy debate, Democrat counters Rauner’s divisiveness with message of statewide unity and optimism
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Grayson "Kash" Jackson, Sam McCann, WGEM-TV, Illinois Political Divide, Illinois Working Families, Progressive Income Tax, Sports Betting, Legal Marijuana, Quincy Veterans Home, Sterigenics, Lisa Madigan, Donald Trump, Trump Trade War, Illinois Soybean Growers, Minimum Wage, Illinois Higher Education, Illinois Education, Illinois Education Funding, Andy Manar
Teachers rip Rauner for vetoing minimum salary
Gov. Rauner vetoed a bill that would have hiked the Illinois minimum teacher salary to $40,000
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Schooling the General Assembly
Education compromise laid foundation for Springfield to function again, says state Sen. Manar
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War on poverty: mission accomplished?
State Sen. Andy Manar takes issue with Trump, Rauner on rural poverty
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Trump trade war cuts both ways
Granite City steel mill reopens, but Illinois soybean and hog farmers dread Chinese tariffs
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Andy Manar, Granite City, U.S. Steel, Lynn Rohrscheib, Illinois Soybean Growers, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Brookings Institution, Mark Muro, CNBC, Christine McCracken, Capitol Fox, Ivanka Trump, U.S. Tariffs, Trump Trade War
