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Scott Pruitt Out At EPA
Scott Pruitt will no longer lead the Environmental Protection Agency, President Trump announced Thursday afternoon via Twitter.
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Kentucky’s Blocked Medicaid Work Requirement Could Impact Indiana
Nearly half a million low-income Kentuckians lost their dental and vision insurance this month after a federal judge halted Kentucky’s Medicaid waiver program.
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Advocates Say Push For ‘Pets In Hot Cars’ Legislation Continues
Illinois lawmakers were unable to agree this spring on a plan to protect good Samaritans who rescue an animal left inside a hot car. Advocates say the push will continue.
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What’s Being Done To Stop The Spread of Hepatitis A In Indiana?
Kentucky has one of the worst outbreaks of Hepatitis A in the country, and the liver disease has spread to several other Midwest states including Ohio, Tennessee and Indiana.
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How Well Do Local Officials Respond To FOI Requests?
A college professor who performed his own audit of how local governments in Illinois handle Freedom of Information requests says the results were better than expected. Still, there is plenty of room for improvement.
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Facebook To Hold Social Media Training In Springfield
Entrepreneurs and job-seekers in central Illinois can mark their calendars for December 3 and 4, 2018. Facebook is bringing a two-day workshop to Springfield.
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Rauner Apologizes For Disparaging Remarks About C-U
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner came to Champaign-Urbana on Tuesday to apologize in person for disparaging remarks he made on a radio talk show about the community's ability to attract and retain technology companies.
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C-U At Home Hopes To Relaunch Men’s Homeless Shelter At TIMES Center
It’s been two years since cuts in government funding forced the shutdown of the emergency men’s shelter at the TIMES Center in Champaign. A transitional housing program at the facility ended last month for the same reason. But a partnership between the building’s owner and another local non-profit group could bring the men’s shelter program back to life.
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New Med School To Focus On Problem-Solving, Improving Health Care
At the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, students will be immersed in clinical settings from the very start and will begin interacting with patients in their first year instead of waiting until later in their training. The idea is to prevent some of the problems that can arise when engineers and medical professionals do not work hand in hand.
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Illinois Issues: Online Shopping Court Decision Brings Uncertainty
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on online shopping left two things clear – consumers who buy online will have to pay sales tax on more items, and some states will see more money from those online purchases.
