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It’s a new year, which means new opportunities and new goals, for many people. Some of us may have new year’s resolutions, such as to lose weight, to save more money, to buy a house, or to learn a new hobby. Having a new year’s resolution can make you feel re-charged, optimistic, and in control of your life, which all feel good! While setting resolutions for ourselves, we could also help the little ones in our lives come up with their own resolutions. Kids may not necessarily understand ...

Pritzker details $700 million in state budget cuts Gov. J.B. Pritzker plans to borrow another $2 billion from the federal government. The bonds the state issued Tuesday come with an interest rate of 3.42 percent. That loan will be paid back over several years. The state is still on the hook to pay back $1 billion of a $1.2 billion loan it took to fill the gap from the previous fiscal year. Pritzker also announced $711 million in budget cuts. Districts with in-person classes want Illinois educat...

Are considering changing the curriculum for public schools. there are some who actually favor eliminating details about our founding fathers, like george washington. and instead, putting more of an emphasis on current events. molly henneberg is in d.c., talk about why the change in curriculum in the first place. >> reporter: hi jane. north carolina, commissions studied the school curriculum, which is about a decade old, and recommended it needed an update, so every subject is getting a review an...