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Government

Rauner at Minority Business Fair

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published August 14, 2015 at 9:15 AM CDT
WCBU

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner promoted his "business friendly" policies on Thursday at the annual Black Chamber convention in East Peoria.

But as Illinois Public Radio's Cass Herrington reports, some state politicians say those policies actually hurt minorities in the workforce.
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Herb Trix
A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.
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