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217 Today: Midwest offers untapped potential for maple syrup production
In today's deep dive, we'll take a look at the potential for growth in the maple syrup market across the lower Midwest, including Illinois.
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The state of gender-affirming care
With states like Texas calling gender-affirming care for children "child abuse," we looked into effects on states like Illinois.
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Guaranteeing the “Right to Repair”
People want laws that would guarantee our “right to repair” products we buy: from iPhones to John Deere tractors.
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217 Today: Research shows Medicaid enrollment could break cycles of incarceration
In today's deep dive, we’ll learn about efforts to enroll people leaving prison in Medicaid to help keep them from coming back.
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217 Today: University of Illinois medical students gather items to send Ukrainian refugees
In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about a local effort by University of Illinois Medical students to send donated items to Ukrainian refugees in Poland.
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Niall Nance-Carroll on the history of Winnie-the-Pooh
An English instructor from Eastern Illinois University is a Winnie-the-Pooh scholar, and he will be delivering a lecture on the character at Illinois State University.
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This historic house is free, but you have to move it
A historic, 2,000 square-foot, mid-century home in Elgin is free. That is, if you can move it. We talked to a preservationist about saving historic places.
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Best of: Photographer Lynsey Addario on Afghanistan
Lynsey Addario is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist whose striking images from wars in the 21st century tell the story of living in conflict zones.
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217 Today: U.S. fertilizer prices skyrocket after invasion of Ukraine leaving Midwest farmers worried
In today's deep dive, we'll learn how the Russian invasion of Ukraine is affecting the cost of fertilizer here in the United States.
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Why didn’t eviction moratoriums protect some renters?
To explain how a multi-state landlord continued evictions and rent raises during the pandemic, we were joined by one of the journalists who followed this story
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