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“This is no longer a potential crisis. It is impacting schools in our region on a daily basis,” said Walsh, Will County Regional Office of Education superintendent. #IARSS

“The truck driving shortage has been around for decades,” said Headley, vice president of investment relations at XPO Logistics, Inc #XPOLogistics

“Whenever I worked in these restaurants I always fell in the meat area of the kitchen. I would be responsible for the butchery, sauce making and cooking of meats." #StationOne

“When people come to the museum, we like to use two words when talking about Haitian society as a whole and that is resilience and vibrancy,” said Carlos Bossard executive director of the Haitian American Museum of Chicago, 4654 N. Racine Ave.  #HaitianHistoryMuseum

“What we are seeing this year that is tremendously different is that we have more than just teacher shortages. We are seeing bus driver shortages, lunchroom shortages, crossing guard shortages and paraprofessional shortages. We are seeing administrators leaving the field and we are seeing superintendents leaving. We even see it at the school board level where elected school board members are saying this is more than I signed up for,” said Klaisner.  #Klaisner

“We have seen a trend over the last 30 years that the Democratic Party has had a stronghold over the electorate in Illinois." #BrianMullins

“Vegas was fun and incredible. We took pictures of everything, ate great goods and visited the wax museum. Visiting the Raiders stadium was one of the best parts because you saw how big it was. They had a hot tub, a big kitchen with food and a large locker room,” said Ryan, a sixth grader, who plays defensive tackle. #RobbinsEagles

“Frank was a servant leader for the Thornton Township community, and personally taught me a lot about true public service.”

Under law, the deputy supervisor was required to be someone who was already on the board.  #ThorntonTownship

“Part of my experience as a public defender, I found that my clients were hated by the clerks, sheriffs, judges and prosecutors and treated with disrespect on occasion. One thing I vowed as being a judge is that everyone would be treated with dignity and respect,” said Donnelly. #DonnellyForJudge