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Conversations around gun violence often revolve around long-term solutions, like improving schools or the local economy. But even if those things were easy — and they’re not — it would take a generation to realize the benefits.
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A broken water main in southern Illinois has left several cities in the Rend Lake Water Conservancy District short of water, forcing the closing of schools and businesses.
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Illinois Congressman Rodney Davis said a new farm bill to be voted on in the U.S. House on Friday would invest ten billion dollars over the next decade in workforce training for recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program, also known as food stamps.
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A field on South Fourth Street where the Marching Illini once practiced will become the home of the new Siebel Center for Design at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus.
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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner this week added sweeping changes to a piece of gun legislation, in a move some state legislators called “political gamesmanship” and “unconstitutional.” But the lawmaker behind the original bill isn’t backing down, announcing Wednesday he's asking the Illinois House to agree with those changes.
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Illinois lawmakers have two weeks to get together a spending plan. Officials from cities across the state are going on the offensive to keep lawmakers from balancing the budget by raiding their pockets.
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For many families and young adults living in Peoria’s South Side, gun violence is too often a part of life and something they’ve been fighting against — with few resources.
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University of Illinois business professor John Kindt said a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a law banning sports gambling is a big win for gambling interest groups who want to push real-time gambling.
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Champaign County officials say they’ve come up with an online app to help property owners find out if their land has been subdivided without their knowledge.
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The more remote you are, the more critical the connection to the rest of the world. But the Federal Communications Commission says while 10 percent of Americans had no access to broadband in 2016, that number was nearly 40 percent in rural areas.
