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The Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra is performing a work by its composer-in-residence, Stacy Garrop, this Saturday night.

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Felons serving long-term sentences in one of Illinois' three maximum security prisons now have the chance to earn a master's degree. And students from the outside world can join them.

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker took the first step Thursday in fulfilling his touchstone campaign pledge of making the wealthy pay more in income taxes as the billionaire proposed a graduated income-tax structure that he said would generate $3.4 billion in new revenue for the financially-strapped state.

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UPDATE: A man suspected of fatally shooting a sheriff's deputy and wounding a woman at a Rockford hotel was taken into custody Thursday after an hours-long standoff that began when he crashed his vehicle along an interstate highway, authorities said.

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New tax incentives could help some downstate Illinois cities rehab some old buildings for housing and businesses. But there are a few catches.

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An Illinois Senate bill aims to help children who are at risk of entering state custody because of issues caused by untreated mental illness.

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Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is asking state lawmakers to raise the tax on cigarettes, and begin taxing vaping products. It’s part of a plan he introduced last month to balance the state budget.

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Row-crop farmers in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Arkansas overwhelmingly now use dicamba, realizing it’s their best chance to protect against damage. But specialty-crop farmers are still at risk, and feel they are running out of options on how to fight back.

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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis says two background check bills that passed the House are “window dressing” and “distractions” that will burden law-abiding gun owners but won’t really stop gun violence.

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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he’s counting on new taxes to help close the state’s 3.2 billion dollar budget hole. NPR Illinois reporters are taking a closer look at some of his ideas. First up, Jaclyn Driscoll breaks down the biggest chunk of revenue in Pritzker’s proposal - a tax on health insurers.