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Let’s ban secluded “quiet rooms” in schools nationwide

January 31, 2020

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Original story written by Clarence Page for the Philadelphia Tribune on January 26th. Link to article may be found here. Original article below. Until recently, state Rep. Jonathan Carroll, a Chicagoland Democrat, says he has avoided talking much in public about his childhood experiences with isolation punishment. But he was moved to blog about…

Zip code breakdown shows where the money is in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s graduated income tax plan

July 22, 2019

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Below is an article posted to the Chicago Tribune by contributor Dan Petrella on July 22nd, 2019. Link to original article may be found HERE. Photo credit to Stacey Wescott of the Chicago Tribune. Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has pitched his graduated-rate income tax plan by emphasizing that only a tiny sliver of Illinois residents…