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Schools

Teacher compensation still under fire after West Chicago schools avoid strike

Although last-minute wranglings with the school board have averted a strike for some 140 teachers represented by the West Chicago High School Teachers Association, the scrutiny surrounding the talks has raised serious questions about how teachers’ pay and benefits are calculated.

February 21, 2018

Edwards said section 8 vouchers concentrate poverty.

Government

Naperville's voucher ordinance not wise business move, tax pro says

The tax policy director at the Cato Institute doesn't see much of an upside for Naperville landlords being required to accept federal housing vouchers.

June 13, 2017

Government

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.

September 30, 2016