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Minnesota seeks unifying symbol to replace state flag considered offensive to Native Americans
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A state commission went to work Tuesday on designing a new state flag and seal for Minnesota to replace a current emblem in both that's considered offensive to Native Americans. One of the main elements of Minnesota's state flag includes a prominent state seal...
Editorial Roundup: Illinois
Champaign News-Gazette. August 13, 2023. Editorial: State employees participated in effort to rip off state Throwing tax dollars out the nearest window draws a crowd. The bad news about the state of Illinois just keeps coming. In recent...
Illinois to ban advertising for guns allegedly marketed to kids and militants
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois will soon outlaw advertising for firearms that officials determine produces a public safety threat or appeals to children, militants or others who might later use the weapons illegally, as the state continues its quest to curb mass shootings. ...
Editorial Roundup: Illinois
Chicago Tribune. July 28, 2023. Editorial: Football, at all levels, needs a culture change in the wake of Northwestern scandal Northwestern University stands accused of tolerating a pervasive hazing culture and toxic environment that extended beyond the football team...
Illinois is first state to eliminate cash bail, a penalty affecting low-income communities most
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail as a condition of pretrial release from jail on Tuesday when the state Supreme Court upheld the constitutionally of the law abolishing it. The 5-2 ruling overturns a Kankakee County...
Senators call for Supreme Court to follow ethics code like other branches of government
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, responding to Associated Press investigative stories on the Supreme Court, said Tuesday it was time for the justices to bring their conduct in line with the ethical standards of other branches of government. “If they just establish...
Here’s why there is still so much lead pipe in Chicago
Even though lead in drinking water damages children's development, the Environmental Protection Agency has forced very few cities to replace their lead pipes. Consider Chicago, with more water pipes made out of lead than any U.S. city, some 400,000. About 7% of homes that requested...
Editorial Roundup: Illinois
Daily Herald. June 27, 2023. Editorial: Pension fund news sticks taxpayers with added costs of state’s previous bad management Gov. J.B. Pritzker got an unwelcome -- but apparently not unexpected -- message this month from a study of Illinois state employee...
Wisconsin Republicans' spending plan sent to Democratic governor
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A two-year spending plan that would cut income taxes across the board, increase funding for K-12 schools and cut the University of Wisconsin's budget in a fight over diversity, equity and inclusion programming was sent to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday. ...
Editorial Roundup: Illinois
News-Gazette. June 23, 2023. Editorial: Flip-flop on immigrant health care shows high cost of ‘free’ It can get ugly when foolish political rhetoric meets grim fiscal reality. It wasn’t all that long ago when Gov. J.B. Pritzker was both stating...
