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pie chart of Illinois state spending — Courtesy, Illinois Comptroller

News Local/State

April 15, 2014

Here’s Where Your Illinois Tax Dollars Go

Students at Ball Charter School in Springfield, Ill. — (Rachel Otwell/IPR)

News Local/State

April 15, 2014

Charter Schools: The Fix Ailing Districts Need?

Volunteers with lower levels of blood sugar stuck more pins in voodoo dolls of their spouses than people with higher levels. — (Courtesy of Brad Bushman)

News Local/State

April 15, 2014

Voodoo Dolls Prove It: Hunger Makes Couples Turn On Each Other

News Local/State

April 15, 2014

Unit 4 Board Approves Architectural Contract

Nicole Yorksmith, left, holds her son while standing with her partner Pam Yorksmith. They were among four legally married couples who filed a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking to compel Ohio to recognize same-sex marriages on birth certificates. — (Al Behrman/AP)

News Local/State

April 14, 2014

Ohio Ordered To Recognize Same-Sex Marriages

Large banks of fluorescent lamps provide the spectrum of light that keeps the floating beds of plants alive year-round in The Plant Chicago, a vertical farming facility. — (Peter Gray/Harvest Public Media)

News Local/State

April 14, 2014

Vertical Farming: Towering Vision, Uncertain Future

The story was produced for Harvest Public Media, a collaboration of public broadcasting stations in the Midwest covering food and agriculture issues.

Armed men in military fatigues stood guard Monday outside a regional administration building they seized in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk. — (Genya Savilov /AFP/Getty Images)

News Local/State

April 14, 2014

In Ukraine: Pro-Russia Occupiers Defy Deadline, War Fears Grow

A 2011 GAO report that sampled data from a handful of states suggests that, even before Obamacare, patients got the denial overturned 39 to 59 percent of the time when they appealed directly to the insurer. — (iStockphoto)

News Local/State

April 14, 2014

Patients Often Win If They Appeal A Denied Health Claim

In this June 11, 2013, file photo, a motorist puts fuel in his car's gas tank at a service station in Springfield, Ill. — (Seth Perlman/AP)

News Local/State

April 14, 2014

Illinois Gas Station Owners Oppose Fuel Tax Hike Plan

News Local/State

April 13, 2014

Another Marathon Title For U Of I’s McFadden