Illinois voters, regardless of party affiliation, need to have a stern conversation with their state legislators to revive redistricting after the Illinois Supreme Court decision last week that took free maps off the November ballot, Gov. Bruce Rauner said during a recent interview.
Data from the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES), backed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, recently revealed that a dozen of the state's major metropolitan zones saw over-the-year decreases in July unemployment.
While less than half the states that adopted Common Core six years ago plan to administer the tests this school year, a University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (UW Oshkosh) English professor says it isn't going away because it isn't about education.