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Illinois launches its own Blue Ribbon Schools program after feds cut long-standing initiative

After the U.S. Department of Education canceled the long-standing Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Illinois joins a handful of ...
Daily Herald

Illinois establishes Governor’s Blue Ribbon Schools program

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and the state education board joined school leaders, teachers, and students Friday to launch the ...
Daily Herald

Illinois among blue states to keep public health dollars while red states lose out

After the Trump administration slashed billions in state and local public health funding from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this year, the eventual impact on states ...
Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Illinois is wooing foreign tourists, despite a hostile White House and a blue-red divide

Chicago hosted an influential travel group at McCormick Place last week, putting on a show to win international tourist and convention business. From a blowout opening night at the Field Museum to ...
AlterNet on MSNOpinion

Inside Trump's plan to have red attack blue states — using a 200-year-old law | Opinion

The direction we’re going is either martial law or civil war. Americans from so-called “red” states, with the backing of ...