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What Could Equal Rights Amendment Ratification Really Mean?
Legislators of both parties are calling on Governor Bruce Rauner to voice support for the Equal Rights Amendment. But what's really at stake?
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Police Data Show Gun Violence A Chronic, Growing Problem Across Illinois
His name was Devon McClyde, and he was 16 years old when he was caught in the crossfire of an argument while playing basketball one evening in a local park in Danville on June 8, 2016.
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Illinois Nurses Face Workplace Violence: Survey
A new report from the University of Illinois finds the vast majority of nurses in Illinois experience violence on the job, including verbal threats, sexual harassment and physical assault.
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PayPal Co-Founder Offers Experience, Advice At U Of I Commencement 2018
PayPal co-founder and U of I alumnus Max Levchin delivered the commencement address for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's 2018 commencement ceremony.
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New Summer Construction For C-U’s MCORE Project To Affect Traffic
Now that the spring semester is over at the University of Illinois, the MCORE street enhancement project is launching construction work at additional locations throughout the Urbana-Champaign campus.
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Senate Dems Denounce Pension Cost Shift As Illinois Budget Deadline Approaches
Ongoing budget talks at the Illinois Statehouse have shown no real sign of progress. This week, Senate Democrats pressed Governor Bruce Rauner’s administration this week to explain its proposal to shift pension costs to local school districts.
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Lawmakers Seek Change To Graduate Student Employee Contract
After a 12-day strike beginning in February, the University of Illinois and graduate student employees settled on a new contract that includes pay raises and tuition waiver protections. Now lawmakers want to clarify who is eligible for those benefits.
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Q&A: Londrigan On Post-Primary Campaigning And Why Voters Don’t Ask About Impeachment
Before there can be a blue wave, before it’s really the Year of the Woman, Democrats like Betsy Dirksen Londrigan have to win.
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Alleged Militia Members Plead Not Guilty To New Charges
Four men from Ford County were in a federal courtroom in Urbana Thursday, pleading ‘not guilty’ to charges related to alleged activities as a militia group called the “White Rabbits”.
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Experts Respond To CDC Reports of Insect-Related Illnesses Tripling
Illnesses from mosquitoes, ticks and fleas have tripled in the U.S. between 2004 and 2016, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
