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A clean water advocacy group says two thirds of water bodies in Illinois are unsafe. Those water bodies include streams, lakes and rivers across the state. 

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A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds the suicide rate in Illinois increased more than 20 percent over the past two decades. Across the U.S., suicide rates have risen an average of 30 percent in that same time period.

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The debate continues over whether Illinois’ law allowing for taxpayer-funded abortions violates the state constitution. A trial judge dismissed the case last year but anti-abortion advocates are fighting back. 

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The latest skirmish between Gov. Bruce Rauner and the AFSCME labor union took place in a Springfield courtroom Wednesday. This time it was before a panel of the Fourth District Appellate Court.

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Peoples Gas faces another lawsuit in connection with a natural gas leak that contaminated private water wells near Mahomet. The plaintiffs are seeking at least $50,000 each in damages, plus punitive damages against the company.

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Tamitria Jernigan takes her daughter Tashea to the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent’s in Indianapolis every three weeks for a blood transfusion. Tashea has a blood disorder known as sickle cell disease and it caused her to have a stroke when she was two years old. The regular blood transfusions prevent her from having another one.

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Gov. Bruce Rauner said he wants to expand the University of Illinois system with billions of dollars from private investors. Rauner shared his plan with students and staff at the U of I’s Urbana campus during a tour of the university's electrical and computer engineering building on Wednesday. 

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U.S. Congressman Rodney Davis is one of many Republicans facing off against Democrats in Thursday evening’s annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity at Nationals Park in Washington DC. The game comes exactly a year after a gunman opened fire on a Republican baseball practice in June 2017--which Davis, who represents the 13th district, had attended. 

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A consultant with 30 years of experience in state and federal reforms will oversee efforts in Illinois to expand children’s mental health services, according to a motion approved by a federal judge today.

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Two counties in southwestern Illinois grow the majority of the nation’s — possibly the world’s — horseradish. The city of Collinsville, population 25,000, straddles both Madison and St. Clair, and celebrates the root annually, hosting the International Horseradish Festival.