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Illinois State Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, holds a press conference about negations on Senate Bill 1 along with Illinois State Rep. Will Davis, D-Harvey, left, and Illinois State Sen. Kimberly Lightford, D-Maywood, right, during a special session on education funding at the Illinois State Capitol, Monday, July 31, 2017, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Illinois State Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, holds a press conference about negations on Senate Bill 1 along with Illinois State Rep. Will Davis, D-Harvey, left, and Illinois State Sen. Kimberly Lightford, D-Maywood, right, during a special session on education funding at the Illinois State Capitol, Monday, July 31, 2017, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)
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FILE - In this April 2, 2014 file photo, Illinois state Sen. Kimberly Lightford, D-Maywood, speaks at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Lightford is sponsor of the proposal that would raise the wage from $8.25 to $10.65 per hour over a three-year period. Raising the state's minimum wage is seen as a core component of Gov. Pat Quinn and other Democrats' 2014 election strategy, as they seek to keep the Illinois governor’s mansion for another term and pick up congressional seats across the country. But the proposal to boost the state's minimum wage is moving at a glacial pace through the statehouse in Springfield. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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Illinois Sen. Kimberly Lightford, D-Westchester, speaks to lawmakers during a Senate executive committee hearing at the state Capitol April 8, 2014, in Springfield Ill. State lawmakers are proposing to dramatically overhaul the state’s school funding formula for the first time since 1997. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Illinois Kimberly Lightford, D-Weschester, speaks in support of introducing an education funding reform bill that would put almost all state education funding into one pot and then require districts to demonstrate need before receiving part of it, a significant shift from the current method, which factors in a district's poverty for some types of state aid, but not others, during a news conference at the Illinois State Capitol Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
