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With all the mudslinging in the presidential primary and the wrangling in the congressional races here, we almost forgot that the Green Party won a ballot line in Illinois last election. Unlike past elections, where Green candidates struggled to get on and stay on the ballot, this year marks the first time the Greens have had a state-wide ballot line, thanks to former gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney breaking the 5 percent threshold with 10.39 percent...

Do you want to vote in tomorrow's primary election, but are worried about making the wrong choices because you can't tell your Oberweis from your edelweiss? Have no fear, we have the resources you need to make an informed decision. The Sun-Times offers a chart of where the gubernatorial candidates stand on the issues. The Tribune has an election guide for the whole Chicagoland area. The Illinois State Bar Association gives you ratings on judges...

Suburban Elmwood Park bills itself as a “great place to live, shop, work and play.” They might want to change that to a great place to live, shop, work and play, unless you’re a teenage immigrant. Specifically, a 14-year-old Ecuadorian girl here on a temporary B-2 visa. Then, not so much. Elmwood Park School District 401 refused to allow the girl to enroll in classes citing federal immigration law. They say the feds have been...

Deeming it unfair that the students get to have all the fun during Standardized Testing Season, the Illinois State Board of Education's Rules Committee will consider new guidelines today that would require some teachers to pass up to 10 exams to keep their jobs. The rules have been proposed to meet requirements of No Child Left Behind law demand that all teachers be "highly qualified" by the end of the year. The rest of the...

Remember back when Gov. Blago asked for a junk food ban in elementary and middle schools? Fine & dandy, we say. The Illinois State Board of Education has now proposed some rules that focus on nutritional content of foods rather than broad categories of food. Excellent. But the thing that seems messed up is that the rules would ban whole milk and would allow some chips like Baked Cheetos. Especially when right now all chips are not allowed at all under the board's current definition of junk food.

If you would like to receive a cushy position on the Illinois state pension boards, then you better pay up and walk around wearing an “I ♥ Blago” button.

Interim State Superintendent of Education Randy Dunn announced Monday that data for the 2003-2004 school year, used to produce the Illinois State Report Card, is inaccurate and district officials will be given another two weeks to correct the errors.