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Illinois's fight for a $15 an hour minimum wage hit a roadblock last Friday after Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed the bill that would make it happen.

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U of I football head coach Lovie Smith is concerned for his family as Hurricane Harvey devastates Texas.

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Superintendents say the bill isn't perfect, but they are happy schools will stay open this year.

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Gov. Bruce Rauner took,a sort of victory lap Wednesday, visiting a Catholic school, a traditional public school and a charter school to celebrate the Illinois General Assembly's approval of a historic school funding overhaul.

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John Farney announces he wants to be the next Champiagn County Treasurer.

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Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza met with physicians and administrators at the Orthopaedic Institute of Southern Illinois, in Herrin. 

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A Northern Illinois University expert on education says the state’s new school funding reform bill marks a paradigm shift in how Illinois treats public schools.

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About 32,000 people are shot and killed every year in the United States. But twice that number — 67,000 by some estimates — survive after being shot.

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Parkland College in Champaign is working to train and connect students with good-paying jobs.

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The Illinois Senate voted Tuesday to approve a new system for funding schools that will reduce large disparities between wealthy and poor districts. The bill now goes to the governor, who says he will sign it quickly.