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Illinois sends students with special needs out of state, at high cost to troubled teens.

by Dusty Rhodes

Ted likes to say he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was 17, doing well at a college prep boarding school in Indiana, when a classmate went on a violent rampage while high on a combination of potent drugs...

Keagan Autry on his time at Alpine Academy: “I didn't even feel safe in my own thoughts.”
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Keagan Autry on his time at Alpine Academy: “I didn't even feel safe in my own thoughts.”

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By Bruce Rushton

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Criminal justice reforms top Pritzker's 2020 agenda

By Capitol News Illinois

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton speaks at Kennedy-King College in Chicago on Thursday, Jan. 9, about criminal justice reforms the governor’s administration will champion during the 2020 legislative session.

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