Columns

By Sen. Bill Rabon

Guest Columnist

Editor’s note: The senator’s legislative updates will continue to be published for the duration of the General Assembly’s short session, which has been extended beyond its expected July 1 conclusion.

The 2014 short session continues to be nothing short of eventful, and we are working hard in order to accomplish our goals.

Budget update

By Rep. Frank Iler

Guest Columnist

Almost daily, the question being asked by people back home is: “When will the short session be over?” It’s hard to answer, as we are pushing to finish our work, but budget negotiations are continuing.

I wasn’t aware of the Medill F until I read a story this week about the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism.
According to news reports, 30 of the 250 or so graduates received diplomas that featured an egregious spelling error. Their degrees were in “media, integrated marketing communications” — except the word “integrated” was spelled “itegrated.”

By Rep. Frank Iler

Guest Columnist