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March 16, 2023

Is it time for Illinois to get a new state flag?

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March 16, 2023

Changes coming to troubled Choate Mental Health Center

In this April 23, 2020 file image from video, Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

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March 15, 2023

Rodney Davis talks life after Congress; calls Trump ‘a loser’

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March 14, 2023

SAFE-T Act goes before Illinois Supreme Court

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March 14, 2023

Illinois sees a rise in divisive school board races

Tobacco products, along with signs warning of the local tobacco law, are displayed at a convenience store in Woodridge, Ill., Jan. 11, 1995.

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March 13, 2023

How is Illinois’ health 15 years after the smoking ban began?

Tony Sanders began his term as state superintendent at the end of February. Previously, he worked in the Elgin public school district as the superintendent.

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March 13, 2023

New state superintendent working on staff shortages; saddened by schools being center of culture wars

A woman types on a laptop while on a train in New Jersey. After about a trial of the four-day workweek in the United Kingdom found that the schedule reduced stress and maintained their productivity, 92% of the companies that participated said they would continue with the reduced work hours.

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March 09, 2023

Why are some people considering a four-day work week?

There are no Illinois TikTok bans being currently considered, but Illinois Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has co-signed legislation that would ban the app across the country.

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March 09, 2023

Best of: What would a ban on TikTok look like?

Part of the 1910 iron fence stands in front of the Pullman Clock Tower and Administration building in the Pullman neighborhood of Chicago. Supporters of the revitalization of Chicago's historic Pullman neighborhood say they have the money for more restoration work, five years after then-President Barack Obama designated part of the area as a national monument. A central part of the restoration is the Pullman Clock Tower and Administration building, which will convert into a visitors center.

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March 08, 2023

The civil rights legacy behind one of Illinois’ new national parks

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March 08, 2023

Best of: Jonathan Alter on the life and career of Pres. Jimmy Carter

This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Attorneys Office for Utah and introduced as evidence at a trial shows fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation.

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March 07, 2023

The FDA may make an overdose prevention drug over-the-counter. Why does it matter?

President Joe Biden, left, is introduced to speak by Will County, Illinois County Board Member and National Association of Counties President Denise Winfrey, right, at the National Association of Counties 2023 Legislative Conference in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023.

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March 07, 2023

NACo President Denise Winfrey on the role of county governments

An ethanol refinery in Chancellor, S.D., one of many in the midwest, is shown, July 22, 2021. North Dakota’s biggest oil driller says it will commit $250 million to help fund a proposed pipeline that would gather carbon dioxide produced by ethanol plants across the Midwest and pump it underground for permanent storage. Billionaire oil tycoon Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources was scheduled to make a formal announcement of the investment into Summit Carbon Solutions’ $4.5 billion pipeline Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at an ethanol plant in North Dakota.

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March 06, 2023

Clashing over carbon capture pipelines in Illinois

Pulliam Clock Tower stands on the campus of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. The college is seen as the economic anchor in Carbondale and southern Illinois.

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March 06, 2023

Illinois mayoral election series: Carbondale

Will Leitch writes for a number of outlets, including New York Magazine and MLB.com, but he is best known as the creator of the sports journalism site Deadspin.

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March 02, 2023

Will Leitch on his career, his time at U of I, and more

Prof. Vikram Aram is the dean of the University of Illinois School of Law.

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March 01, 2023

Best of: UI Law Dean talks assault weapons law and 2nd Amendment history

Assault style weapons are displayed for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply on Jan. 16, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, asked a state appellate court to dismiss a temporary restraining order on Illinois' new ban on semiautomatic weapons. The two-week-old law was adopted in response to the 2022 mass shooting at the July 4th parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.

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March 01, 2023

Best of: Gun owners and advocates decry new ban as unconstitutional

Gov. JB Pritzker signs a bill banning the sale and manufacture of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines on the Senate floor on January 10, 2023.

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March 01, 2023

Best of: Gun control advocates react to Illinois’ assault weapons ban

Expanded growth charts released Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now include a body mass index of 60 — up from previous charts that stopped at a BMI of 37.

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February 28, 2023

How weight loss drugs work and the shame of carrying excess weight

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February 27, 2023

New IL national park honors first town founded by a formerly enslaved man

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February 27, 2023

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Is it time for Illinois to get a new state flag?

Changes coming to troubled Choate Mental Health Center

Rodney Davis talks life after Congress; calls Trump ‘a loser’

SAFE-T Act goes before Illinois Supreme Court

Illinois sees a rise in divisive school board races

How is Illinois’ health 15 years after the smoking ban began?

New state superintendent working on staff shortages; saddened by schools being center of culture wars

Why are some people considering a four-day work week?

Best of: What would a ban on TikTok look like?

The civil rights legacy behind one of Illinois’ new national parks

Best of: Jonathan Alter on the life and career of Pres. Jimmy Carter

The FDA may make an overdose prevention drug over-the-counter. Why does it matter?

NACo President Denise Winfrey on the role of county governments

Clashing over carbon capture pipelines in Illinois

Illinois mayoral election series: Carbondale

Will Leitch on his career, his time at U of I, and more

Best of: UI Law Dean talks assault weapons law and 2nd Amendment history

Best of: Gun owners and advocates decry new ban as unconstitutional

Best of: Gun control advocates react to Illinois’ assault weapons ban

How weight loss drugs work and the shame of carrying excess weight

New IL national park honors first town founded by a formerly enslaved man

Illinois mayoral election series: Chicago