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Teacher Tim Gilbert at Roberston Charter School in Decatur, Ill. — (Rachel Otwell/IPR)

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April 17, 2014

Charter Schools: What Does The Future Hold?

In this Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 photo, Shelly Ellis teaches fourth-grade students at Bement Elementary School in Bement, Ill. — (David Mercer/AP)

News Local/State

April 17, 2014

How Much Would Your School District Lose?

Rhonda Sanderson and her ex-husband, John Amato III, shown here in 2010, helped make a business thrive after they divorced. — (Courtesy of Rhonda Sanderson)

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April 17, 2014

When Divorce Leads To A Happily Ever After For A Small Business

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April 17, 2014

Putin Tells Snowden That Russia Doesn’t Do Mass Surveillance

Rita Crundwell — (Robert Ray/AP)

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April 17, 2014

Dixon’s Lesson: ‘Trust, But Verify,’ BGA Tells Municipalities

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April 17, 2014

Weekly Jobless Claims Stay Near 7-Year Low

Illinois Rep. Derrick Smith — (Seth Perlman/AP)

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April 17, 2014

FBI: Indicted Illinois Lawmaker Took Them To Get Bribe Cash

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April 17, 2014

U of I Trustees Setting Search Committee, Exploring Supplemental Retirement Options

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April 17, 2014

Urbana Chief Wants Officers To Carry Tasers

Ann and Robert Russell in 1972 after he returned home from Vietnam. — (Courtesy of Ann Russell)

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April 17, 2014

“That was the saddest moment of my life…being told I’m not capable of working.”

Ann and Robert Russell of Champaign interviewed each other about living with Robert’s mental illness as a part of our series “Unmet Needs: Living with mental illness in central Illinois.”