If the governor and other state officials are serious about eliminating regressive taxes, how about the state lottery, which took in an astounding $3.6 billion in the last fiscal year and is on pace to break that record this year?

This week's panel: Rantoul's Rebekah Maxwell, St. Thomas More's Emily Herges, Villa Grove's Alison Pangburn, Central's Faith Kazadi, Armstrong's Cooper McCarty, Uni's Miranda Burgos, Hoopeston Area's Charissa Johnson, BHRA's Keegan Starkey, ALAH's Kaylee Thompson and DeLand-Weldon's Lily Summers.

If the governor and other state officials are serious about eliminating regressive taxes, how about the state lottery, which took in an astounding $3.6 billion in the last fiscal year and is on pace to break that record this year?

Is the Rose Bowl’s outdoor concert venue coming back this year? Could lumber from the Mahomet Hen House’s recent demolition have been saved and re-used? And do any local ice cream shops make “cho-chos,” a much-loved treat they used to sell at Honk’s Standard Station in Sidney?

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Is the Rose Bowl’s outdoor concert venue coming back this year? Could lumber from the Mahomet Hen House’s recent demolition have been saved and re-used? And do any local ice cream shops make “cho-chos,” a much-loved treat they used to sell at Honk’s Standard Station in Sidney?

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