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Public health expert: CBS News fuels panic with video of Chicago-based nurse lying about lack of protective equipment
CBS News recklessly added to the panic over the coronavirus pandemic by failing to vet a video it promoted of a Chicago-based nurse crying – and lying it turns out – over the lack of a protective equipment at Northwestern Medicine, says public health expert and former journalist AnnMarie Schieber.
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Health expert: Careless news reports of child’s death from coronavirus worsened fears
A public health expert said sloppy reporting surrounding the death of a 9-month-old from Cook County who had tested positive for COVID-19 needlessly put others at risk for exposure when parents, upon news of the child’s death, rushed their children to hospitals for checkups.
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Heartland Institute exec says gun offender website may not have desired effect
A Heartland Institute executive has concerns about the new Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) Gun Offender Dashboard website, he said in an interview.
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Heartland Institute manager: Gun Offender Dashboard might not make much of a difference
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.
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Chicago Public Schools' bullying problem will only persist if Pritzker cuts program, ignores pleas
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.
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Heartland Institute's Jarratt voices concern about future of Invest in Kids Act under Pritzker
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).
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From Prairie State Wire
EDITORIAL: Gov. Pritzker's new climate strategy is all pain, no gain
High taxes, record debt, underfunded pensions, notorious corruption, and an ongoing urban crime problem are only a few of Illinois’ most pressing problems.
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From Prairie State Wire
EDITORIAL: Pritzker’s climate order is all pain, no gain
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.
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Ives calls for Chicago Public Schools to be 'broken up into smaller districts' following another sex assault report
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.
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From Prairie State Wire
Is bankruptcy the only way Illinois can overcome 'unsustainable fiscal policy'? Economist thinks so
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.
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Illinois universities exceed student loan repayment average, but Chicago City Colleges lag behind
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.