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Across Midwest Farm Fields, Pesticide Exposure Is Tracked Unevenly Or Not At All
On July 28, 2017, a central Iowa emergency dispatcher received a 911 call from a man in a corn field.
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On July 28, 2017, a central Iowa emergency dispatcher received a 911 call from a man in a corn field.
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Illinois lawmakers want to eliminate medical co-pays for prisoners.
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Illinois' MAP grants — the monetary award program for low-income college students — would be available to more students if a bill approved by the legislature this month becomes law.
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Coal ash is one of the largest types of industrial waste generated in the U.S., according to the EPA. And some Illinois lawmakers say the state has a coal ash problem.
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China is imposing new retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods, days after the Trump administration said it would impose higher tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods. The latest tit-for-tat exchange comes as trade talks have failed to yield a deal.
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Governor J.B. Pritzker has nominated an Ohio prison official to lead the Illinois Department of Corrections.
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A report issued by the University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs indicates that Illinois could raise more tax revenue, with a serious change in residents’ economic behavior, if it used a graduated income tax structure similar to those in neighboring states.
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Tens of thousands of poor children — all of them American citizens or legal residents — could lose their housing under a new rule proposed Friday by the Trump Administration.
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Tens of thousands of Illinois residents have been waiting beyond the 45-day limit for their Medicaid applications to be processed.
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The prices of the things we buy, from floor lamps to canoes and bicycles, are slated to go up, literally overnight, as the Trump administration makes good on a promise to raise tariffs on $200 billion worth of imported Chinese products.