While the war between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (who is also the state’s Democratic Party chief) continues in Springfield, progress apparently is being made on one most troublesome, long-term issues facing the state.
The Illinois School Funding Reform Commission, created by the governor in July, is less than two weeks away from Rauner’s deadline for issuing a report…Please click here to read Phil Kadner’s opinion piece in the Sun-Times.