CCI Radio Hour: Dec. 21, 2015

CCI Radio Hour: Dec. 21, 2015

Dec. 21, 2015 show At the end of this month, Illinois will have gone without a state budget for six months. Emily Miller, director of policy and advocacy for Voices for Illinois Children, gives an overview of the state budget impasse as we approach the end of the...
CCI offers analysis of new federal 'Every Student Succeeds Act'

CCI offers analysis of new federal 'Every Student Succeeds Act'

President Barack Obama last week signed into law the "Every Student Succeeds Act," which essentially rewrites the No Child Left Behind Act and takes the focus off the overuse of standardized tests to measure student success. Archbishop George J. Lucas of...
U.S. bishops maintain support for refugees, Muslims

U.S. bishops maintain support for refugees, Muslims

U.S. bishops are urging Americans to hold firm to the Christian principle of welcoming the stranger in the aftermath of terrorist attacks in Paris and California linked to the Islamic State (ISIS). Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, president of the U.S. Conference of...