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Ari DeWolf, education outreach manager for the Reason Foundation, said Thursday during a school choice rally at the state Capitol in Little Rock, "Education is the lifeblood of a meritocratic, free society. And simply spending more money, as were seeing, is not solving the problem." The quote was incorrectly attributed to another speaker at the rally in an article that ran in Fridays editions.

Proposition 28 is one of seven statewide initiatives on the November 8 ballot. If passed, Prop 28 will boost arts and music education funding for 6 million public school students. The proposition requires California to dedicate 1% of the education budget to arts and music programs.

Scott Reeder SPRINGFIELD – Just call it the lame-duck shrug. State representatives return to Springfield on Friday, but if you ask any of them what they expect to consider, you’re more than likely going to get a shrug. No one knows. It’s a mystery, wrapped in a conundrum and bound up in a riddle. “House Speaker Mike Madigan is keeping things pretty close to the vest. We are just a few days out and we just don’t know,” said state Rep. Tim Butler, R-Springfield. “I had members of th...