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Radio host Behrend pushes for constitutional changes

Bruno Behrend wants the Illinois Constitution to have some changes.

The conservative radio host is trying to gather support for a constitutional convention to make changes to the Illinois Constitution, last modified in 1970.

“If there is ever a year that we can get a ‘yes’ vote, it’s this year,” said Behrend, who is the co-founder of the Illinois Citizens Coalition, a group that advocates structural government reform. “What’s wrong with (Illinois politics) is everything.”

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