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Attorneys defending Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's order to bar state agencies from helping Syrian refugees resettle in his state have been fiercely questioned by a federal appeals court. The three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago zeroed in on the intelligence and intent behind the Republican vice presidential candidate's order.
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University of Illinois graduate Tatyana McFadden has her second gold medal to go with one silver at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She and two colleagues from the U of I (Amanda McGrory and Chelsea McClammer) swept the medals in the women's 1500 meters Tuesday.
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An advocate for Illinois' new school discipline law often tells the story of an assistant principal whose handling of his many 8th-grade discipline citations made a difference in his life. Dusty Rhodes decided to track down the administrator cited in the story.
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Exelon wants to state lawmakers approve the Next Generation Energy measure this fall benefitting two of its nuclear plants, including one at Clinton. This week was considered a "point of no return" in some reports, but a company spokesperson says the decision could be reversed as late as November.
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The Illinois Supreme Court has denied a request to reconsider its ruling that a group's initiative to change how legislative districts are drawn is ineligible for the November ballot. The court issued the ruling Tuesday on a 4-3 vote. The court ruled last month that the Independent Maps coalition's proposal was unconstitutional.
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Urbana Aldermen will vote at their meeting next week on a resolution to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline. The vote to consider the resolution later was added to Monday night's Committee of the Whole agenda after a number of people spoke out against the proposal, saying it could pose an environmental hazard, and post a threat to tribal sacred sites in North Dakota.
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Activists from across Illinois gathered in Springfield to recognize "Moral Monday."
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This week, we’re revisiting an Illinois Issues interview with House Speaker Michael Madigan from 1988. In the interview, Madigan talked about his views on taxation and its relationship to Illinois’ business climate, many of the same topics that are in play today.
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An Urbana police officer is one of the founders of a new non-profit group formed to provide support for police officers in Champaign County.
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Barbara Wilson, who has led the University of Illinois' Urbana campus since Phyllis Wise abruptly resigned as chancellor, is taking on a new role over the 3-campus system. As of Sept. 26, she'll assume her new duties as executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs, once Robert Jones arrives as the new campus chancellor.
