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Consumer Advocates Want More Protections For Electricity Customers
AARP and Citizens Utility Board are promoting new legislation to protect electric customers from fraud.
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‘Healthy Beginnings’ Brings Health Care To New Families
When it comes to improving public health, the most effective interventions begin early in life. That’s why a team of health workers in Champaign-Urbana is reaching out to disadvantaged families, starting at pregnancy.
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Culture Shock: Teachers Call Noble Charters ‘Dehumanizing’
The trend toward school choice has educators across the country looking at Chicago’s Noble Charter Schools — an award-winning network of mostly high schools that specializes in helping inner-city kids achieve the kind of SAT scores that propel them into four-year universities.
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Chances Are, You’re Eating Halal Meat And Don’t Know It
With the Muslim population on pace to possibly become the second-largest religious group in the United States by 2040, the demand for halal meat and other foods is on the rise to the point that Nielsen reports U.S. sales increased 15 percent from 2012 to 2015.
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Congressman Rodney Davis Says He’s ‘Not Aware Of’ Invitation To Gun Violence Town Hall
Congressman Rodney Davis says he is "not aware of" any invitation to a town hall meeting on gun violence Thursday in Champaign, but multiple people say they have invited Davis to attend.
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Part Of Mattoon Evacuated Due To Flooding From Heavy Rains
Authorities are evacuating homes in the Coles County town of Mattoon due to flooding following heavy rains.
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Report Recommends New $278M Facility To End Legionnaires’ at Quincy Vets’ Home’
A task force is recommending the State of Illinois build a new facility at the veterans’ home in downstate Quincy where there’s been repeated Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks.
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Illinois Issues: On Y-Block Plans, Governor At Odds With Local Businesses
There’s a battle brewing in the seat of state government. But it’s not a traditional debate over policy and politics, it’s about land. Governor Bruce Rauner is attempting to leave a lasting imprint on Springfield, despite push-back from downtown business owners and some city officials.
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Tickets On Sale, Full Lineup Announced For 2018 Ebertfest
"Interstellar", a science fiction movie presented on 70 millimeter film and "Columbus", a director’s debut that makes use of the modern architecture of an Indiana town are the final movies to be announced for the 20th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival.
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State Still Owes Host Cities Money For State Fairs
Planning for the Illinois State Fair is in full swing. But the state of Illinois has yet to pay all the costs for last year’s fair, and the one before.