09/25/2025
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4 myths about federal scholarship tax credit program
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Illinois students could be denied donor-funded scholarships for tutoring and
other academic services because opponents are spreading misinformation about
how the program works. Here are the facts about four of their fictions.
Students in Illinois and across the country could soon benefit from scholarship
funds to help them find a tutor, attend a different […]
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More states push legislation to consolidate elections
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States are pushing to consolidate elections into fewer election days.
Aligning municipal with gubernatorial and federal elections streamlines voting
and could increase voter turnout. The Illinois House Ethics and Elections
Committee on Sept. 24 held a subject matter hearing on municipal election
timing. And the hearing’s timing couldn’t be better. Illinois holds its […]
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Chicago’s push for new taxes
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New taxes on Uber, automatic property tax hikes and higher liquor taxes are
all being pushed as Chicago leaders seek to spend $1 billion more than they
will have. Chicago is short by $1 billion what it wants to spend in its
upcoming budget, so a city task force recommended new or higher taxes […]
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Minnesota Man gets 8 months in prison
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Francisco Estrada-Deltaro was sentenced today in federal court in downtown
Minneapolis. We’ve written about Estrada several times now. He’s that
restaurateur whose Lake Street eatery was at the epicenter of a mini-riot back
in June, when federal officers executed a court-approved search warrant of the
place. The warrant related to one of the 900-lb. meth […]
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Inside the dizzying world of false student achievement
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Parents, as a general rule, always want the best for their children. Many
parents are invested in their child and in their child’s educational success.
They take warning signs of a substandard academic performance seriously. For
example, a 2023 study coauthored by Gallup and Learning Heroes found that 97
percent of parents who know their […]
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