Simon Institute, former Gov. Edgar join to honor statesmanship

The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute and former Gov. Jim Edgar are teaming up to create a new annual award in Illinois to recognize statesmanship.”What we want to do is explore and find high quality leaders who are doing constructive things in their community and put a spotlight on this work,” John Shaw, director of the Simon institute at Southern Illinois University, told The State Journal-Register on Monday.The Paul Simon-Jim Edgar Prairie State Statesmanship Award, […]