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Divisions over the city’s elected school board remain — including disagreement over how many members should be appointed versus elected next year. The issue will likely be kicked to January when legislators return for the lame duck session.
Revised bill lifting a moratorium on new nuclear plants heads to Pritzker; non-action on Invest in Kids means tax credit program will sunset Jan. 1
Illinois lawmakers OK new nuclear technology but fail to extend private-school scholarships on Thursday.
Stacy Davis Gates complained online that reporters didn’t ask the CTU about the union’s reasons for not supporting a bill that would have given it a fully elected board right away.
Illinois senators approved a plan Wednesday to lift the 1987 moratorium on nuclear construction months after Gov. JB Pritzker vetoed a similar plan that gained bipartisan support in both chambers.