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Conservative commentator Shapiro banned from DePaul

By Deana Carpenter | Aug 31, 2016

Conservative commentator banned from DePaul

Conservative commentator Shapiro banned from DePaul

By Deana Carpenter | Aug 22, 2016

DePaul University has banned Ben Shapiro, a conservative political commentator, from entering the school’s campus to give a speech.

School districts' pension 'pickups' cost students and taxpayers

By Deana Carpenter | Aug 15, 2016

The practice of the "pickup" -- where school districts pay some, if not all, of teachers' contributions into their own retirement pensions -- could leave Illinois' teachers and taxpayers high and dry.