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Legislation being considered in the Illinois House would raise the age for locking up children accused of a crime.

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In the wake of Sept. 11, federal officials said the United States needed a new, state-of-the-art facility to defend against bioterrorism and stop diseases that could devastate the country’s farm economy and threaten human lives. They chose Manhattan, Kansas, as the site of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. 

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Champaign County government no longer operates a nursing home. The sale of the Champaign County Nursing Home to a private firm managed by William “Avi” Rothner was officially finalized as of 12:01 AM, Monday. On Tuesday, employees at the facility in Urbana were answering the phone by identifying the nursing home as University Rehabilitation Center of C-U, or University Rehab.

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Poverty can lead to negative health outcomes, and a group of public health and policy experts will gather this week to craft a strategy to address the problem. The events taking place in Urbana and Chicago on Thursday and Friday, respectively, are open to the public and hosted by the University of Illinois Epstein Health Law and Policy Program.

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Voters headed to the polls for municipal elections around the state today. Here are the results of some key local races.

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Illinois lawmakers are being asked to decide whether nurses are dangerously overworked — and what to do about it.

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Governor J.B. Pritzker announced seven new Western Illinois University new board members on Thursday, less than 24 hours before trustees met on Friday.

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The April 2 election gives voters in Champaign a chance to decide who will sit in three at-large city council seats for the next four years. They have eight candidates to choose from.

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Danville voters will elect a mayor from a field of four candidates in Tuesday’s election. It could be Acting Mayor Rickey Williams, Jr., who was appointed to the post last October, when longtime mayor Scott Eisenhauer resigned to become Rantoul’s village administrator. Or it could be one of three challengers: Donald Crews, Steve Nichols or James McMahon.

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A volatile weed killer linked to cancer and endocrine issues will likely be sprayed on millions more acres of soybeans and cotton across the Midwest and South starting this year.