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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.
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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.
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Most states don’t recognize art therapy as a mental health profession. It’s gained more attention recently in Indiana, since Second Lady Karen Pence made art therapy her formal platform, but this growing profession faces a number of challenges.
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A broadcast debate in Urbana between the candidates for Illinois’ 13th Congressional District seat covered issues that ranged from healthcare to preventing gun violence.
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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.
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Republican Allen Jones is running for Champaign County Sheriff. Jones currently serves county’s deputy chief, and he’s spent nearly three decades working in the department. Sheriff Dan Walsh is not seeking another term in the office.
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The Democratic candidate for Illinois governor is facing a racial discrimination lawsuit against his campaign — from his own campaign workers.
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An investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against University of Illinois law professor Jay Kesan finds Kesan violated the university’s code of conduct and violated the spirit of the university’s policies prohibiting sexual harassment and sexual misconduct.
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Illinois lawmakers are trying to gauge whether legalizing sports betting could help the state earn some much-needed revenue. Experts say the plan has long-term benefits, but only if it’s done right.
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The Illinois Department of Public Health said Tuesday that six residents of Champaign-Urbana have been diagnosed in recent weeks with Legionnaire’s disease, a form of pneumonia caused by a bacteria carried in water mist.
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