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Illinois running back Reggie Corbin and offensive lineman Kendrick Green.
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Illinois Loses To No. 23 Wisconsin 49-20

Illinois suffered a 49-20 loss to No. 23 Wisconsin at Madison on Saturday, allowing the Badgers to maintain hopes of a West Division football title and a return to the Big Ten championship game.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
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Sessions Says Reforms Of Chicago Police Could Boost Crime

Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned Friday that reforms planned for the Chicago police force could cause a surge in violent crime and pointed to the recent murder conviction of a police officer as evidence that such reforms aren't necessary because officers who break the law are already "prosecuted and jailed."

Robbie Fulks and Linda Gail Lewis in studio during the recording of "Wild, Wild, Wild."
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Robbie Fulks To Headline C-U Folk & Roots Festival

The tenth annual C-U Folk and Roots Festival got underway Thursday night in downtown Urbana. The headliner for the first Folk and Roots Festival in 2009 was award-winning musician Robbie Fulks. The Chicago-area resident and Pennsylvania native is back to headline this year’s event.

State Sen. Toi Hutchinson, D-Olympia Fields, on the floor of the Illinois Senate in 2017.
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IL + #MeToo: On Bringing Diverse Voices To The Mix

This month marks a year since the Me Too movement went viral as a hashtag on social media (after having first been started in 2006 by Tarana Burke.) This week, we hear from several women in Illinois whose work in government has been affected. Today we hear from State Sen. Toi Hutchinson, a Democrat from Olympia Fields, which is in the Chicago area.