State Week: Governor Rauner Signs Abortion Funding Bill

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,

Daisy Contreras

Published September 29, 2017 at 1:26 PM CDT

Brian Mackey

NPR Illinois

This week, Governor Bruce Rauner signed House Bill 40, allowing for the expansion of public funding for abortions. Also, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to revisit Rauner's challenge to public sector union "fair share" fees. UIS Professor Emeritus Kent Redfield and WTTW's Amanda Vinicky join the panel, which includes Sean Crawford and Daisy Contreras.

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Daisy reported on statehouse issues for our Illinois Issues project. She's a Public Affairs Reporting program graduate from the University of Illinois Springfield. She also graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and has an associates degrees from Truman College. Daisy is from Chicago where she attended Lane Tech High School.

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