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The Illinois House on Thursday tried and failed to ban the gun modification known as a “bump stock.” The legislation was a response to the mass shooting in Las Vegas.

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Central Illinois filmmakers get a showcase this Sunday night, October 29, at the 8th annual New Art Film Festival, showing at the Art Theater in downtown Champaign. 

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There’s another new effort to honor the memory of Chief Illiniwek during this week’s University of Illinois homecoming celebration -- a decade after the U of I retired the Chief.

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Derek Hutchins is the superintendent of Crab Orchard Schools. It's a district of only 530 students, east of the town of Marion, in southern Illinois.

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More than 100 Illinois pesticide retailers reported the weed killer dicamba drifted and damaged soybeans even when it was sprayed in good conditions, according to a recent industry survey.

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People looking to sign up for health plans under the Affordable Care Act for 2018 have only a short time to do it. ACA open enrollment runs from next Wednesday, November 1st to December 15th --- just 45 days.

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The front wall of the University YMCA building, adjacent to the University of Illinois campus in Champaign was plastered with photographs Wednesday. The 3-foot-by-5-foot poster-size portraits were made in a mobile photo-booth, featuring people passing by who wanted to show their support for the DREAM Act, a bill in Congress to help young people who are in the country illegally. .

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A Champaign County Board member wants to be the next Champaign County Clerk. 

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A children's hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is back online as Tesla uses solar panels and batteries to provide reliable electricity.

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Gov. Bruce Rauner has won a small victory as the House failed to override his  veto of legislation banning local governments from setting up "right-to-work''  zones.