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ELECTION 2014: GOVERNOR RACE
A focus on key bloc
Lawmakers: Change would hurt area schools By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com
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Illinois gubernatorial candidates Republican Bruce Rauner (left) and Democrat Gov. Pat Quinn participate in a debate Tuesday at the DuSable Museum of African-American History in Chicago. The debate focused on black voters.
Debate in Ill. governor race addresses black voters The Associated Press
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Rauner (left) and Quinn greet each other before the debate Tuesday night. Their final debate will be Monday in Chicago. said. “African American families are suffering.” Black voters in Chicago and its suburbs have been credited with helping Quinn, a Democrat, win a narrow victory in 2010. Many expect the voting bloc to play a key role again. Rauner has been trying to aggressively make inroads. He’s opened a campaign office on the city’s South Side, given about $1 million to a credit union for loans to small black businesses and touted endorsements from black ministers. In response, Quinn has questioned Rauner’s hiring and accused him of trying to buy
votes. The debate at the DuSable Museum of African-American History was hosted by groups including the Chicago Urban League, WBBM-TV and black radio station, WVON. Organizers said the focus on business, education and public safety would also speak to voters statewide ahead of Nov. 4. Quinn, of Chicago, is seeking a second full term. Rauner, a venture capitalist from Winnetka, is seeking public office
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WOODSTOCK – After news spread that the Special Education District of McHenry County plans to end center school programming after this school year, a larger-than-usual crowd is expected at Wednesday’s executive board meeting. SEDOM Executive Director Kathy Wilhoit said the meetings always are open to the public, but they are usually held at SEDOM Center. “We anticipate a larger-than-normal attendance at this meeting, and the SEDOM board room isn’t of sufficient
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State Sen. Pam Althoff, R-McHenry, has organized several forums in opposition to Senate Bill 16, which is projected to result in District 47 getting about $5.8 million less per year in state funding.
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By SOPHIA TAREEN and SARA BURNETT CHICAGO – Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican Bruce Rauner defended their records on minority hiring, public safety and gun control on Tuesday during the second televised debate of the hotly contested Illinois governor’s race, a Chicago event heavily focused on issues impacting African-American voters. Quinn said as governor he’s hired minorities in key administration poElection sitions – including in the Central post of deputy governor and the head of the DeFollow the partment of Public Health local, state – but said Rauner, a venand national ture capitalist, didn’t hire races at African-Americans at the NWHerald. highest levels of his Chicacom/elecgo-based firm, GTCR. “Our cabinet is diverse tion-central. and many African-Americans are heading departments,” Quinn said, labeling his opponent an “outsourcer” of jobs overseas. He also noted his support for the Affordable Care Act and pushing to increase the minimum wage. Rauner shot back, saying Quinn’s policies have failed blacks Illinoisans and that companies his firm invested in have African-American employees. “Gov. Quinn is taking the African-American vote for granted,” Rauner
McHENRY – A proposed school funding formula would be devastating to the collar counties and their school districts, one state legislator told local school officials, teachers and residents. The statement was part of a running theme at the Tuesday forum, which was one of several state Sen. Pam Althoff, R-McHenry, has put on to raise awareness of Senate Bill 16. The forum featured two school superintendents, a school finance director, a District 47 school board member and several local legislators. The bill, which passed through the Illinois Senate and sits in the House Rules Committee, would shift general state aid away from the suburbs, where property values are high, to poorer, rural districts. That would mean $5.8 million less for Crystal Lake’s District 47, according to updated
7-11 robbed again, police say Police investigate a robbery at Crystal Lake 7-11, the second in 3 weeks at the store / A3
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DOM Executive Board meeting n When: 9 a.m. Wednesday n Where: McHenry County Government Center, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock (Administrative building, conference room A)