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SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois legislators must increase sales and income taxes while reducing property taxes if the state's students aim to get an equally strong education, according to Cook County's supervisor of assessments.
Jim Houlihan told Illinois Farm Bureau members Tuesday the General Assembly must make the education funding change now because 80 percent of the state's schools are broke.See the full content of this document
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School Funding Reform Urged
"The Illinois tax system is broken. Rural areas with high property taxes do not have enough funding for schools," said Houlihan, ...
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