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Report On Labor Union Movement Finds Gradual Membership Decline
"The State of the Unions 2019", a new report being released on Labor Day, finds levels of union membership gradually declining over the past decade.
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Illinois Crushes Akron 42-3 In Home Opener
In his Illinois debut on Saturday, quarterback Brandon Peters showed more than 30,000 Illini fans that he can pass and run and do both pretty well.
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Despite Federal, State Efforts, Dicamba Complaints Continue
Since 2017, farmers have sprayed an increasing amount of the weed killer, called dicamba, on soybean and cotton crops genetically engineered by agribusiness company Monsanto to withstand being sprayed by the herbicide. But each year, dicamba has drifted off-target and damaged millions of acres of non-resistant soybeans, specialty crops and other plants.
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Shimkus Says He Won’t Seek Reelection To Congress
Illinois Republican John Shimkus, who was first elected to Congress in 1996, announced Friday that his current term will be his last.
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U.S. Mainland Braces As Hurricane Dorian Intensifies Over The Atlantic
The southern United States and the Bahamas are bracing for Hurricane Dorian as it slowly churns across the Atlantic and is expected to become a dangerous, Category 4 storm as it makes landfall in the days ahead.
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Illinois Issues: Minority Companies Get Fewer Loans Than White Peers — Is That Racism?
A recent report illustrates just how much harder it is for people who aren’t white to get small-business loans.
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Memorial Garden In Champaign Will Honor Victims & Survivors Of Gun Violence
A new memorial garden at Douglass Park in Champaign will honor victims and survivors of gun violence. The garden is a joint effort between the Champaign Park District and the local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense.
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Gov. Pritzker Suffers Broken Leg
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has broken his leg, and his office says he doesn’t know how it happened.
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ENCORE: Live from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum; Illinois’ Bicentennial Beer; Music from ‘The Dulcimer Guy’
Illinois is more than 200 years old. And today we’re revisiting our live show from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. We’ve got music from the era with Mike Anderson - who calls himself ‘The Dulcimer Guy.’ We talk with kids who won a statewide art contest for Illinois. And find out what the official beer of the Illinois Bicentennial tastes like.
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State’s ‘Lowball’ Settlement Offers ‘Insult’ Quincy Legionnaires’ Families
Initial offers by Illinois' attorney general to settle a dozen lawsuits linked to the state's mishandling of fatal Legionnaires' disease outbreaks at the Quincy veterans' home have been so sparse, some families are calling them "insulting."
