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The debate over school funding dominated much of the legislative session, and concluded with a compromise plan designed to send more state funds to the neediest districts. But so far, those districts haven't gotten any extra funds.
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University of Illinois President Timothy Killeen and Governor Bruce Rauner have announced a new initiative to create and keep high-tech jobs in the state.
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An advocate for sexual assault victims is supportive of the #MeToo hashtag, and hopes that it will help victims speak out. Rachel Otwell spoke with Polly Poskin, executive director of the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
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Shirley Bell of Mattoon says the two-year budget stalemate in Springfield inspired her to make her own run for the Illinois House.
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The University of Illinois plans a Chicago news conference Thursday to announce plans for a new public-private innovation center near downtown Chicago that would partner the Urbana-Champaign campus with two other research institutions.
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A congressman for central Illinois is watching the Senate carefully, as two Senators introduce a new proposal to reform the Affordable Care Act.
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The Parkland Board of Trustees selected Jonathan Westfield to fill the seat vacated by Rochelle Harden, who resigned from the board earlier this month.
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Like many areas in the Midwest, Ross County, Ohio is struggling to respond to a crisis of opioid addiction and overdoses. County officials there are trying a new, proactive approach: bringing drug interventions right to the doorstep of struggling addicts.
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The state of Illinois has taken another step toward improving its financial situation, selling $1.5 billion in bonds to help pay down the backlog of overdue bills.
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The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says Peoples Gas is still working to clean up a natural gas leak in rural Champaign County.
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