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Illinois House To Debate Net Neutrality
Illinois lawmakers Wednesday took a step closer to establishing state net neutrality rules before the federal regulations expire later this month.
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‘Healing Solutions’ Training Program Equips People To Help Trauma Victims
Researchers who study community violence have identified trauma as one of its main underlying causes. And it’s a vicious cycle: trauma spurs violence, which causes more trauma to the community. A free training program aims to equip participants with the tools they need to help victims of trauma.
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Sexual Assault Survivor and Advocate Shares Story and Advice
A sexual assault survivor and advocate says she has a universal message: become unbreakable.
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‘Critical Conversations’ Events Aim To Bridge Divide Over Chief Illiniwek
To some, Chief Illiniwek is an honored symbol of the University of Illinois that should be preserved. And to others, he’s a racist stereotype that had to go. The University of Illinois hosted the first of a series of “Critical Conversations” events, which aim to help the campus and community move forward more than a decade after the Chief was retired.
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Middle Fork Of Vermilion Named To Endangered River List
The Middle Fork of the Vermilion River is the only river in Illinois protected under the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. But the group American Rivers has placed the east central Illinois waterway on its annual list of Most Endangered Rivers.
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Mid-2017 State Income Tax Rate Hike Throws Off Taxpayers
Tax season. We have it every year. You file your state income taxes. Sometimes you get a big refund. Yet, some people say they are surprised by how much money they owe this time around.
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WATCH: Zuckerberg Senate Hearing
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testifying on Capitol Hill to answer questions about protecting user data. The hearing held by the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees follows news that the data-mining and political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica obtained personal information of up to 87 million Facebook users.
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Questions Raised About Champaign Charter School Proposal
Members of the steering committee behind a proposed Champaign charter school struggled to answer dozens of questions from Unit 4 school board officials during a public hearing Monday night.
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3 Accused Of Mosque Bombing Plus 1 Other Plead Not Guilty To Weapons Charge
Four men from Ford County --- three of them accused of bombing a mosque in Minnesota last summer --- entered not guilty pleas Monday to a separate charge of possessing a machine gun.
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Illinois’ Little-Known, Little-Used Form Of Direct Democracy
The old-fashioned town meeting, where local citizens vote directly on the affairs of town government, may seem like a thing of the past. But they are an annual affair, right here in Illinois, and the state’s township governments will be holding them, Tuesday evening, April 10.