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Daniel J Burke

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    Aug 27, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. CEO pushes to gain power for Latinos, UNO charter school network

    As America's banking system began to freeze in mid-2008, Juan Rangel's nonprofit United Neighborhood Organization was in trouble.
    Tribune staff reporter
    As America's banking system began to freeze in mid-2008, Juan Rangel's nonprofit United Neighborhood Organization was in trouble.    Because of a gubernatorial funding veto, the Latino group, which runs one of Chicago's largest charter school networks,...

    Tags: Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Banking, Ronald Reagan, Parties and Movements

    2. Sep 21, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Legislators generous with scholarships before start of ban

    Even as the troubled legislative scholarship program was on its last legs, state lawmakers continued to make questionable choices and show possible political favoritism in awarding the free college tuition, a Tribune analysis found.
    Even as the troubled legislative scholarship program was on its last legs, state lawmakers continued to make questionable choices and show possible political favoritism in awarding the free college tuition, a Tribune analysis found. The newspaper's...

    Tags: Elections, Michael Madigan, Illinois Governor, Annazette R Collins, Democratic Party

    3. Sep 21, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. One last hurray for legislative scholarships

    For more than a century, legislative scholarships had been an expression of political clout in Illinois. Lawmakers could give the valuable freebies – which essentially waived tuition and fees at a state unviersity – to whomever they chose. And many chose people they knew quite well, including children of campaign donors, party loyalists and state employees.
    For more than a century, legislative scholarships had been an expression of political clout in Illinois. Lawmakers could give the valuable freebies – which essentially waived tuition and fees at a state unviersity – to whomever they chose. And...

    Tags: Elections, Financial Aid, Illinois Governor, Charity, Annazette R Collins

    4. Jan 31, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  4. On the 'Scholarship' list in Springfield

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    Where do our lawmakers stand on the issue of legislative scholarships -- those tuition waivers that members of the state house and senate have traditionally been allowed to dispense to constituents? As part of the renewed effort to abolish that......
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