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National Political Memorabilia Convention Comes To Springfield
Ever wonder what happens to campaign swag after election day? Some of it is thrown away, but a lot finds a home with collectors of political memorabilia.
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Racial Disparities Persist In School Discipline
A series of state laws meant to reduce the number of kids getting kicked out of school appears to have worked. That’s the good news. But the bad news is: Those same laws also seem to have magnified racial disparities in school discipline.
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Help Or Hinder? Federal Agencies At Odds Over Biofuels
Scott Pruitt’s resignation from the Environmental Protection Agency this month has many in the renewable fuel industry hoping that federal agencies will get on the same page.
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Illinois Prison Officials Accused of Abusing Transgender Inmate
Illinois prison officials are being accused of letting a transgender inmate be harassed and assaulted.
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Alaska Plans To Spend Government Funds On Indiana-Made Addiction Treatment Device
Alaska plans to use federal grant money to purchase a controversial device used in opioid addiction treatment. Addiction experts argue the device has not been properly studied, and that states should put resources toward more proven therapies, such as medications that are used to treat opioid withdrawals and addiction.
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Ag Researchers Say Breakthroughs Are Possible, But Only If There’s Funding
Scientific research could deliver transformative technologies to the food system over the next decade, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Advances in things like gene editing, data sharing and microbiology could make crops more resilient to climate change and livestock more environmentally sustainable.
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Violation Notice Issued For Alleged Contamination At Vermilion Power Station
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has issued a violation notice to Vistra Energy Corporation for alleged violations of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act at the Vermilion Power Station near Oakwood, Illinois. In May the Illinois EPA conducted a stream survey of the Middle Fork Vermilion River near three coal ash ponds owned by Vistra, and found water with “heavily stained reddish-brown discoloration” seeping from the riverbank. The violation notice says the seeps were discharging into the river, staining sediment and rocks, and creating “offensive conditions in the Middle Fork.”
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Dockless Bike Share Program Likely Coming To C-U Fall 2018
An official with the University of Illinois says a dock-less bike share program is likely coming to the Urbana-Champaign area in the fall.
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How Changes to Farmers Markets Could Keep Fresh Food From Low-Income Hoosiers
A company that processes farmers market purchases using government benefits will shut down at the end of the month. That leaves 24 Indiana farmers markets without a way for customers to pay using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program dollars.
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Terrorism Task Force Takes On School Safety
Last week, the U.S. Secret Service released a guide for preventing school violence. Issued in response to recent massacres in Parkland, Florida, and Santa Fe, Texas, it’s subtitled “An Operational Guide for Preventing Targeted School Violence.”