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State Representative Brad Halbrook, sponsor of a resolution to divide downstate Illinois and the Chicago area into separate states, says the U-S constitution provides a clear path for such a process.

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Food and building service workers on the University of Illinois Urbana campus have voted to ratify new contract, avoiding a strike that would’ve begun Thursday, on freshman move-in day. 

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Kathleen O’Gorman spent her summer on the front lines of America’s broken immigration system.

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Many cities have neighborhoods where it’s hard to find healthy food, especially fruits and vegetables. In Columbus, Ohio, a new mobile market is bringing healthy food to people who live in these food deserts. It's part of a wider effort to see what helps people eat better.

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Congressman Rodney Davis found both supporters and critics at his second Open Government Night, held Monday night at Parkland College in Champaign. But it was the critics who were the most vocal. 

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The family of University of Illinois visiting scholar Yingying Zhang has created an endowment fund in her honor. The money will be used to support international students in crisis and their families. 

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Urbana city officials want to hear what residents think about the sale and taxing of recreational cannabis. A listening session on the topic will be held at the City Council meeting 7 p.m. tonight.

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State Senator Jason Barickman concedes a new law he co-sponosred to prevent further trauma to some sexual assault victims might not be enough to assuage victims' concerns.

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Illinois has filed a lawsuit alleging that the company that provides water to the Chicago suburb of University Park caused lead to contaminate the village's drinking water.

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State Senator Thomas Cullerton has pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he took more than $250,000 in salary and benefits over three years from the Teamsters while doing little or no work.