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LISTEN: Three Democratic Candidates Attack Throughout Final Debate
The three Democratic front-runners in next week’s primary election for governor went for each other’s throats in their final debate on WTTW-TV last night.
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Illinois Students Participate In School Walk Outs, Demand Gun Law Reforms
Students across the state participated in a national school walk-out on Wednesday. A sophomore at the University of Illinois Laboratory High School, Salma El-Naggar, said she helped organize a demonstration at the Urbana school to memorialize the 17 people who were murdered by a gunman last month during a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida. The demonstration was also intended, she said, to spotlight the need for more gun control measures.
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Cunningham Pledges To Be “Voice For Reason” In Illinois House
Cynthia “Cindy” Cunningham is one of the two Democrats (the other is the Rev. Frank McCullough, Jr. of Danville) competing in the March 20 primary to be their party’s nominee in the 104th Illinois House District, which includes Danville and Rantoul.
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Ford County Men Suspects In Two Bombings
Three Ford County men have been charged with arson in the bombing last year of a mosque in suburban Minneapolis.
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Illinois Issues: Madigan’s #MeToo Problem
Will the pressure be too much for the long-standing speaker and state party chair?
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Young Black Farmers Will Be Affected If Federal Funding Is Cut
The United States’ population of farmers is growing older, and it’s more pronounced in the black farming community. The Trump administration has proposed to strip funding in the coming farm bill for a program that helps minority and veteran farmers.
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Trump Replaces Sec. Of State Tillerson With CIA Director Pompeo
(Updated at 9:59 a.m. ET) President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday morning in a tweet that followed a year of frequent tension between the two leaders. Trump said he is nominating CIA director Mike Pompeo as Tillerson's replacement, which requires confirmation by the Senate.
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U of I Provost Apologizes After GEO Strike
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Andreas Cangellaris apologized Monday after he said he received criticism of his actions during the recent strike by graduate student workers.
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PayPal, Yelp Co-Founder To Speak At U Of I Commencement
Max Levchin, the computer scientist who co-founded PayPal and Yelp, will return to the University of Illinois May 12th, to be the Urbana campus’s commencement speaker.
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Illinois Towns Want More Independence From State
As Illinois attempts to balance its books, it’s dipping into pots of money meant to help cities and towns pay for services. And local officials are looking for options.
