Salary of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s education secretary comes from agency that fund autism, epilepsy programs

Last month I wrote about the draconian cuts to autism funding by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner of Illinois, cuts that came on World Autism Day. On Wednesday Natasha Korecki of the Chicago Sun Times reported Gov. Rauner is also paying the $250,000 salary of Beth Purvis, his education secretary, out…

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Illinois Republican state rep candidate alternated voting in WI & IL in recent years

According to this report by Natasha Korecki of the Chicago Sun Times, Republican Kathy Myalls, who’s running this year for a seat in the Illinois State Legislature, has voted in both Illinois and Wisconsin in recent years. In one case, she cast a vote in a primary election in Illinois….

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