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Illinois lawmakers on Friday rejected legislation that would have loosened restriction on how police use drone surveillance. It was meant to help law enforcement keep tabs on large crowds.
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Memorial Day has a little extra meaning this year for Scott Althaus. That’s because he now knows what happened to one of his relatives who was lost during World War Two. Tom Kelly was one of eleven men who disappeared in 1944 off the coast of Papua New Guinea in a B-24 bomber.
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The Illinois Senate passed a revised bill on May 24, after earlier measures stalled in the House. The bill aims to protect the Mahomet Aquifer, east central Illinois’ primary water source, from underground natural gas leaks.
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The day after boxing great Jack Johnson was pardoned by President Donald Trump, his great-great niece went to his gravesite to mark the end of a decades-long effort to clear his name.
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Illinois bowed out of the Big Ten Baseball Tournament Saturday, with an 11-5 semifinal loss to 2nd-seeded Purdue.
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A Mahomet-Seymour High School graduate is credited with stopping a suspected gunman who opened fire at an Indiana school shooting Friday morning.
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The Champaign teachers union says the Champaign Unit 4 School District is violating labor law by refusing to bargain over compensation and support for teachers who have to move their classrooms.
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Children who experience trauma often face behavioral, health and academic challenges, according to decades of research.
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For this week’s Illinois Issues, we bring you a story about a measure that would train more nurses how to collect DNA evidence after a sexual assault for use in a criminal trial, often referred to as rape kits. Mary Cullen spoke with Melissa Souto about her experience undergoing the testing.
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The union says the district is refusing to bargain with the CFT over teachers changing classrooms due to upcoming building reconstruction and renovations.
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