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Police: Call 911 Even If It Nothing Comes Of It
If you see something suspicious, call the police, even if you think it might turn out to be nothing.
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Illinois Issues: ‘Moneyball’ - The 2018 Illinois Governor’s Race
This year’s campaign pits a multimillionaire incumbent against a field that includes a multibillionaire in what could be the costliest governor's race in U.S. history.
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How You Can Submit Questions For Tuesday’s Illinois Governor Candidates Forum
The Knox College Democrats student group is encouraging residents of western Illinois to use an online portal to submit questions which will be considered for a gubernatorial candidates’ forum on Tuesday night at Knox College in Galesburg.
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Body Cameras Coming To University Of Illinois Police Officers
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Police Department will soon be putting body cameras on their patrol officers, and the police chief says most officers welcome the addition.
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‘A Lesson For How NOT To Do Bill-Making’
Last week, Gov. Bruce Rauner used his veto authority to make big changes to a small clean-up bill that’s necessary to enact school funding reform. Democrats who pushed the reform warned that Rauner’s action could derail the bipartisan effort to make school funding more equitable. As it turns out, they’re not the only ones upset about it.
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How Likely Is Someone To Sexually Harass Others? ISU Prof Has A Scale For That
The stories of sexual assault and harassment that emerged last year seemed to touch every industry. But why do some people, mainly men, sexually harass their colleagues? Psychologist John Pryor on the faculty at Illinois State University has created a test to measure a person's tendency to harass someone; it's called the "Likelihood to Sexually Harass Scale."
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Biss Talks Taxes, Pensions, Money In Politics During C-U Stop
Before a Friday press conference on the University of Illinois Urbana campus, Democratic candidate for governor and State Senator Daniel Biss spoke with Illinois Public Media's Brian Moline on a range of topics.
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Dem Candidates In Lockstep At Justice Forum
Five of the six Democrats running for governor were in Peoria over the Martin Luther King Day weekend. They were making largely similar cases to voters at a forum on criminal and economic justice.
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County Treasurer Responds To “Nasty Joe” Land Case In Urbana
In 2017, residents of the Timberline Valley South subdivision in northwest Champaign subdivision were surprised to find out their common drainage ponds had been bought up at a tax auction by a Chicago-area firm that threatened them with trespassing. Now, the same firm, Nasty Joe’s LLC, has acquired land in Urbana, and is threatening residents there.
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Education Board Calls For Swift Action On School Funding
If you’ve seen Gov. Bruce Rauner’s campaign commercials, you might think the school funding issue was settled last summer. But as often happens with complex legislation, it was followed by a “trailer” bill cleaning up some technical language.