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From Illinois Business Daily
Illinois ranks No. 24 on Cato Institute’s K-12 education analysis
Illinois was rated 24th best for the performance of its K-12 public education system in a study by the Cato Institute that challenges other influential rankings of student achievement.
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Support for 'block granting' food stamps continues to grow
Republican control of Washington, D.C., in 2017 means Illinois state officials may soon have more control of the federally funded food stamps program.
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Some say replace social-welfare system with 'basic income' model
With the welfare system falling apart, it may be time to look at the possibility of a basic income for every American, a concept that has been championed by well-known economists and political scientists of the past and present including Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek and Charles Murray.