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Chicago Tribune: Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoes expanded benefits for paramedics, EMTs
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Sunday vetoed legislation to expand benefit rights for paramedics and emergency medical technicians by defining them as firefighters in municipal collective bargaining agreements.
Rauner’s veto of the two measures, which were passed with overwhelming, veto-proof bipartisan majorities, was in line with his previous pronouncements that Springfield shouldn’t dictate “unfunded state mandates on local governments.”
Chicago Sun-Times:Gov. Rauner axes three education bills approved by Illinois General Assembly
Gov. Bruce Rauner on Sunday vetoed three education bills, including one that would have required students to learn about work ethic and another that would have created an “emotional intelligence” task force.
The work ethic bill called for the teaching of such concepts as the importance of trustworthiness, integrity, initiative, respecting authority, arriving on time, and being ready for work and dressing appropriately.
Chicago Tribune: The Hickey Report: Fixing CPS after a sexual abuse scandal
In June, a team of Tribune reporters detailed Chicago Public Schools’ failure to detect, prevent and respond to sexual abuse of students. The series was aptly called “Betrayed.”
On Friday, a district-commissioned report pinpointed who betrayed the district’s hundreds of thousands of children. In short: All manner of educators and CPS officials.
Northwest Herald: Woodstock City Council to consider $150K loan to Ethereal Confections
Ethereal Confections might come one step closer to relocation Tuesday when the Woodstock City Council considers loaning the chocolatiers $150,000 for the project.
Mary Ervin, Michael Ervin and Sara Miller own the “bean to bar” chocolate shop, cafe and bar on the Square at 113 S. Benton St., and they want to move to a bigger location. The three want to renovate and relocate to the former Elks Lodge building at 140 Cass St.
Daily Herald: Mount Prospect considers freezing village tax levy next year
There is some support among Mount Prospect leaders to keep next year’s tax levy flat, something the village has not done since 2010.
At a joint meeting of the village board and finance commission last week, Finance Director David Erb suggested a 1.66-percent levy increase, down from last year’s 1.92 percent hike and the lowest since 2010.
Peoria Journal-Star: Morton School District breaks record with 37 new faculty hires
There’s been a hiring frenzy in the Morton School District.
Thirty-seven new faculty members have come on board this school year, and they make up 17 percent of the K-12 district’s faculty roster of 210 people.
State Journal-Register: Dorsey embraces role as ‘healer’ as interim head of SIU system
The former head of Springfield’s Southern Illinois University School of Medicine says he will draw upon his roots as a physician when it comes to his main task as the new interim president of the SIU system.
“No. 1, it’s to heal some of the wounds or hurt feelings that both Edwardsville and Carbondale have experienced, and get things working synergistically again,” Dr. J. Kevin Dorsey told The State Journal-Register last week.