Redistricting overhaul urged as Illinois map debate rages
Our view argues the 10 year legislative maps in Illinois favor parties over people. It notes lawmakers from Southern Illinois face must move or run in tougher districts due to Democratic drawn lines and laments the flawed process when one party holds power. Calls for transparent, expert-led redistricting using computer systems.
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Illinois
Democratic Party
Senate
David Luechtefeld
Okanville
John O. Jones
Mount Vernon
Luechtefeld
Jones
Jefferson County
House
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
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Officials contact details for Kirk and Shimkus
U S Senator Mark Kirk and U S Representative John Shimkus provide phone numbers and a website for constituent contact. Kirk offices list 312 886 3500 202 224 2855 and 217 492 5089 with kirk.senate.gov. Shimkus offices list 618 252 8271 and 202 225 5271 with house.gov/shimkus.
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U.S
Mark Kirk
Kirk
Senate
Dick Durbin
Durbin
John Shimkus
House.gov
Shimkus
Jerry Costello
Costello
House
Obama as a false friend to Israel in U S policy
Mona Charen argues that President Obama professed friendship to Israel while pursuing policies and calls for concessions he says threaten Israel's security. She cites settlement moratoriums, UN pressure, and demands to relinquish land as evidence of a biased stance favoring Palestinian goals.
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Israel
AIPAC
Middle East
Sderot
Jerusalem
Mahmoud Abbas
United Nations
Washington
Netanyahu
Auschwitz
Mubarak
Egypt
Hamas
Tehran
Gaza
Syria
Bashar al-Assad
Turkey
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General Assembly
Palestine
Palestinian Authority
Cairo
Public schools face challenge to the Editor
The piece argues the US public school system once a lifeboat for millions now faces critique and transformation. It notes charter schools as a growing alternative with 5453 schools in 40 states and DC enrolling about 1.73 million, and cites Zelman v Simmons-Harris and Winn v Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization as enabling voucher and tax credit options. The author suggests federal and state actions, plus Supreme Court rulings, push PSS to share the field in K-12 education.
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PSS
District of Columbia
Center For Education Reform
Supreme Court
Zelman
Winn
George J. Kuhn
Mount Vernon
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