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Quinn budget to mean painful choices for Ill.
By: By Christopher Wills
Belleville News Democrat
3/10/10
After a year of insisting Illinois should raise taxes, Gov. Pat Quinn is set to propose a new budget that would leave tax rates untouched....
'Chords for Kids' lets kids with autism experience a live classical concert
By: Scott C. Morgan
Daily Herald
3/9/10
At most classical music concerts, audiences are expected to be reverentially silent and still - a near impossibility for children with autism...
'Inclusion companions' work to make sure young athletes with special needs included
By: John Keilman
Chicago Tribune
3/8/10
Aides help kids with instruction, encouragement in mainstream sports