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Illinois public health officials delayed informing the public for nearly a week about a deadly 2015 Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a state veterans’ home in Quincy despite knowing the facility was facing “the beginning of an epidemic,” according to internal emails from Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office obtained by Illinois Public Radio's member station in Chicago, WBEZ.
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Advanced biofuels have been touted as the next step beyond the corn-based ethanol that’s the bulk of the country’s renewable fuel for cars and trucks. These next-generation options were supposed to bring jobs to rural communities and provide farmers with fresh revenue sources, in addition to reducing the carbon footprint of vehicles.
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University of Illinois President Tim Killeen is pleased the Republican tax reform bill protects graduate education. But, he cautions it could harm higher education in other areas.
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Congressional Republicans delivered on their first major legislative accomplishment of the Trump era on Wednesday, when the House voted 224-201 to pass a $1.5 trillion tax package. The bill cuts individual rates for eight years and slashes the top corporate tax rate to 21 percent permanently.
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There is a crowded field of Democrats running in the March 2018 primary for Illinois' 13th Congressional district. But, one of the candidates is familiar to voters.
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Republicans in Congress approved a sweeping and controversial $1.5 trillion tax overhaul, with the Senate voting early Wednesday along straight party lines to move the measure forward.
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The Pentagon releases information about a program to learn more about UFOs.
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The House passed the final version of Republicans' $1.5 trillion tax overhaul on Tuesday afternoon, by a vote of 227-203. Senate Republicans are now set to debate the bill and could vote Tuesday evening.
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University of Illinois students and Roger Ebert Fellows Madeline Galassi, Niani Scott and Tyler Panlilio offer up their (spoiler-free!) review of 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi', recorded at WBEZ in Chicago.
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In the midst of the national #metoo phenomenon, Illinois women wrestle with their own experiences.
