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Summer Enrollment At U Of I Drops 1st Time In 6 Years
For the first time in six years summer enrollment at the University of Illinois' largest campus is down.
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Clinton Derides GOP For Going From ‘Party Of Lincoln’ To ‘Party Of Trump’
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton came to Springfield Wednesday to deliver a campaign speech about America’s racial divides. The former secretary of state also accused her presumptive Republican opponent of trying to incite further division.
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Clinton Calls For ‘Better Listening,’ Empathy In Springfield Visit
Hillary Clinton is embracing the symbolism of Abraham Lincoln's "House Divided" speech, arguing the nation needs to repair its divisions after a series of high-profile shootings. In a speech in Springfield,
Clinton said the Republican Party of Lincoln had been transformed into the "party of Trump," warning her opponent would divide Americans.
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Why Some Illinois Delegates For Trump May Stay Away From The GOP Convention
Some Illinois delegates for Donald Trump say they may not go to the Republican National Convention next week, due to the tepid support Trump has received from the state GOP.
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Are Sex Offender Restrictions So Vague They’re Unconstitutional?
A group of convicted child sex offenders is challenging the Illinois law that bans them from parks and schools. They say key sex offender restrictions are so broad it’s impossible to know what is or isn’t allowed and that means the laws violate the constitution. They’re asking a federal judge to immediately suspend certain restrictions on every registered child sex offender in the state of Illinois.
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Rauner Announces Group To Study Education Funding Formula
Gov. Bruce Rauner has announced a commission to help overhaul Illinois' outdated school funding formula. The Republican told reporters on Tuesday that the bipartisan group of 25 people will study the issue and give their recommendations to his office and the General Assembly by Feb. 1, 2017.
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Unit 4 & Teachers Union To Hold Bargaining Session Wednesday
Negotiators for the Champaign school district and its teachers’ union return to the bargaining table Wednesday afternoon, to continue efforts to reach a new contract agreement for some 800 teachers.
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Dickson Mounds Museum Reopens
The agreement that made possible the reopening of the Illinois State Museum in Springfield also allowed the state of Illinois' Dickson Mounds Museum to reopen in the west-central part of the state. Both had been put on a nine-month hiatus, due to the state budget impasse.
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BLM Activists In Central Illinois Organize In Response To Recent Shootings
Kadeem Fuller organizes community engagement for the Black Lives Matter chapter located in Champaign-Urbana. He says the time for educating white people on the cause has passed - now is time for action. Numerous events were held in Central Illinois throughout the weekend after the shootings of African-Americans in Minnesota and Louisiana, and the sniper shootings of officers in Dallas.
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Illinois Issues: Still Paying For Justice
Illinois’ judicial system is increasingly being funded by the men and women who find themselves in court. For both civil and criminal cases, fees and fines have been growing, especially in the last decade.