The Center Square's Greg Bishop reviews some of Illinois’ economic indicators lagging the national average while Gov. J.B. Pritzker takes more than 70 people on a trade and economic partnership mission to Mexico.

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The Center Square's Greg Bishop revisits an Illinois House education committee hearing to pick up on a bill that would protect non-citizen children in Illinois schools from immigration enforcement.

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The Center Square's Greg Bishop discusses the main points coming out of a U.S. House committee looking into taxpayer funding of NPR and PBS as Democrats maintain focus on military discussions via an encrypted messaging app.

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The Center Square's Greg Bishop shares the back-and-forth about the possible impacts on Illinois' education funds following President Donald Trump's executive orders to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.

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The Center Square's Greg Bishop shares a conversation with New Illinois Chairman G.H. Merritt about an upcoming convention for her group and the overall movement to split the state into two.

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(The Center Square) – Despite an historic amount of witness slips in opposition to the Illinois Homeschool Act, the controversial legislation is advancing. Hundreds of homeschool families were in Springfield Wednesday to oppose the measure that adds more regulations on homeschooling families. Among the requirements are that families report to the state that they are homeschooling. If not, the child could be listed as truant with penalties applying. It also would require "a homeschool administrator to have a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent at a minimum. Requires the homeschool administrator to provide proof of, among other options, any degree obtained from an institution of higher education."

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The Center Square's Greg Bishop reviews the back and forth over President Donald Trump's executive order to begin the process of closing down the U.S. Department of Education and the possible impacts on Illinois.

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The Center Square's Greg Bishop reviews some of the debate inside and outside the committee which passed the Illinois Homeschool Act.

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The Center Square's Greg Bishop airs some of the debate in Illinois around education, from the potential closure of the U.S. Department of Education to a bill looking to regulate Illinois homeschool families.

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