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There’s millions of dollars to be made from growing hemp, which for years was lumped in and vilified with its sister plant, marijuana.

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An economist predicts Illinois' 19-cent-per-gallon gas tax hike will cause many Illinoisans to drive less, even if we haven't changed our habits just yet.

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Federal prosecutors will officially rest their case Wednesday in the sentencing phase of Brendt Christensen’s trial for kidnapping and killing University of Illinois visiting scholar Yingying Zhang. Government prosecutors spent the second day of the sentencing phase presenting testimony from Zhang’s family and other loved ones, as they tried to prove the aggravating factors that would qualify Christensen for the death penalty.

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Julie Dowling is one of several researchers who opposes adding the citizenship question. Dowling is a professor at the University of Illinois, and vice chair of the U.S. Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations.

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As President Donald Trump pushes for a question about citizenship on the census, a Republican Congressman from central Illinois is avoiding taking sides on the issue.

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The new director of the Illinois Department of Corrections said during a legislative hearing in Chicago on Monday that the agency plans to revise its policy regarding what books can and cannot enter the prison. 

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A study published Monday by researchers from the University of Illinois and Cornell shows that plants genetically engineered to create large amounts of useful industrial enzymes can be grown under field conditions without hurting their yield. 

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The penalty phase of the trial of the man convicted of kidnapping and killing a University of Illinois visiting scholar is underway.

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A federal jury that convicted a former University of Illinois doctoral student of kidnapping, torturing and killing Yingying Zhang, a young scholar from China, now must decide if Brendt Christensen should be put to death.

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A federal judge in Maryland is moving forward with a case that claims the Trump administration intended to discriminate against immigrant communities of color by adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.