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• Heartland Institute exec says gun offender website may not have desired effect

  by Glenn Minnis | Sep 6, 2019

  

  A Heartland Institute executive has concerns about the new Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) Gun Offender Dashboard website, he said in an interview.

• Heartland Institute manager: Gun Offender Dashboard might not make much of a difference

  by Glenn Minnis | Aug 28, 2019

  

  Lennie Jarratt fears the new Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) Gun Offender Dashboard website could end up being a case of a well-intended plan having too many unintended consequences.

• Chicago Public Schools' bullying problem will only persist if Pritzker cuts program, ignores pleas

  by Glenn Minnis | Apr 4, 2019

  

  The Heartland Institute's Lennie Jarratt is convinced that the only chance Chicago Public Schools (CPS) officials have of combating the system’s growing problem of student bullying lies in leaving more of the solution in the hands of the students and their parents.

• Heartland Institute's Jarratt voices concern about future of Invest in Kids Act under Pritzker

  by Glenn Minnis | Mar 23, 2019

  

  State government-relations manager Lennie Jarratt is hoping that Gov. J.B. Pritzker does not put dollars over sense when it comes to improving the educational opportunities of students trapped in some of the most underachieving Chicago Public Schools (CPS).

• EDITORIAL: Gov. Pritzker's new climate strategy is all pain, no gain

  From Prairie State Wire

  by Jay Lehr, Ph.D and Tom Harris | Jan 30, 2019

  

  High taxes, record debt, underfunded pensions, notorious corruption, and an ongoing urban crime problem are only a few of Illinois’ most pressing problems.

• EDITORIAL: Pritzker’s climate order is all pain, no gain

  From Prairie State Wire

  by James Taylor | Jan 29, 2019

  

  Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a January 23 executive order committing Illinois to the expensive energy sources and failed carbon-dioxide reduction goals of the United Nations and the Paris Climate Agreement.

• Ives calls for Chicago Public Schools to be 'broken up into smaller districts' following another sex assault report

  by W.J. Kennedy | Jul 31, 2018

  

  An investigative report into student-on-student sexual assaults in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) published recently in the Chicago Tribune is another heartbreaking symptom of a school district beyond repair, according to lawmakers and education experts asked for their reactions to the report.

• Is bankruptcy the only way Illinois can overcome 'unsustainable fiscal policy'? Economist thinks so

  From Prairie State Wire

  by Doug McMurdo | Jun 19, 2018

  

  A former economics professor who is an adviser to the Heartland Institute believes the best way to overcome Illinois’ unsustainable debt is to do what no state has done since the 1930s: declare bankruptcy.

• Illinois universities exceed student loan repayment average, but Chicago City Colleges lag behind

  by Chicago City Wire | Feb 15, 2017

  

  Only 22 percent of students who attended City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) schools are repaying their student loans, compared to 66 percent of student loan recipients at other Illinois public universities.