Thanks to a "bump in state funds," Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman said today that high school classes will increase from 32 students to 33 -- rather than 35, as had been rumored. Huberman also announced that K-3th grade classrooms will return to 28 students and 4th-8th grade classrooms will max out at 31 students.
Gov. Pat Quinn told
reporters over the weekend that he was "disappointed" that the Illinois Senate
appears unwilling to vote for a $4 billion pension borrowing bill.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias has been
subpoenaed by Rod Blagojevich's attorneys to appear at the former
governor's corruption trial.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady told reporters today that he is in favor of lowering Illinois' new minimum wage of $8.25/hour to the federal level of $7.25/hour.
U.S. Sen. John Kerry has sent out a fundraising appeal on behalf of 11th Congressional District Rep. Debbie Halvorson, who is facing a tough challenge from Republican Adam Kinzinger, an Iraq War veteran.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez says there are currently "an insufficient number of Democratic votes”
in Congress to overhaul the nation's immigration policy this year.
On tapes heard in the courtroom yesterday, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich said any appointment he made to the
vacant U.S. Senate seat in 2008 must satisfy three criteria.
