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NPR journalists David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna died a year ago this week, ambushed on a remote road in southern Afghanistan while on a reporting assignment traveling with the Afghan National Army. Since their deaths, NPR has been investigating what happened, and today we are sharing new information about what we learned. It's a very different story from what we originally understood.
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The fate of school funding reform in Illinois hinges on downstate sentiment about Chicago Public Schools, and legislators' grasp of a complex, new formula.
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A new report says repealing the Affordable Care Act — also known as Obamacare — would have a disproportionately negative effect in rural parts of Illinois.
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Moody’s Investors Service has once again downgraded its financial ratings for several of Illinois’ public universities. The downgrades announced on Friday includes the University of Illinois, Illinois State University, and Eastern, Southern and Northern Illinois Universities.
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Illinois judges have new rules when it comes to deciding which criminal defendants can be released on bail.
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The University of Illinois says it has hired the first female leader for its theater department at its Urbana campus.
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Amazon unveiled a huge new warehouse it calls a fulfillment center in southwest suburban Romeoville Thursday, part of a string of the facilities that the company says could eventually employ thousands.
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Gov. Bruce Rauner is touring the state, calling for lawmakers to pass what he calls “true, lasting” property tax relief.
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Former FBI Director James Comey is testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday. Before Comey was fired on May 9, he led the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and potential ties between Trump associates and Russia. That probe is now led by a special prosecutor.
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A federal judge on Wednesday agreed that Medicaid service-providers must be paid faster despite the ongoing budget impasse.
But Judge Joan Lefkow declined to say how the state should go about making those payments, instead urging attorneys for Medicaid patients to continue negotiations with state comptroller Susana Mendoza.
