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Illinois Issues: What Can Save The Bees?
Bees are essential to our lives, yet they are dying by the thousands. Experts say there's no one solution for protecting them.
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Bill Allowing Undocumented Students To Apply For Student Aid Passes Senate Committee
A state Senate panel has approved a measure that would let undocumented students compete for financial help at Illinois’ 4-year universities.
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New State Task Force To Search For Health Care Fraud
Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed an executive order, creating a task force to look for waste, fraud and abuse in taxpayer-funded health care programs. The panel will also try to prevent waste in state and federally funded Medicaid and employee health insurance programs. Rauner says the cost of state-run health care programs increase when no one's acting as a watchdog.
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More Students Leaving Illinois For College?
One high school counselor says the budget uncertainty, particularly with the Monetary Award Program, or MAP grants, is pushing some students to attend college out of state.
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IL House GOP Leader: ‘We’re The Laughing Stock Of The Nation’
A stalemate persists, as Illinois begins a tenth month without a budget. Legislators are back in Springfield after a spring break. They now have a few months to also find an agreement on a new budget, to cover next year.
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State Fair Grandstand Acts Announced (Despite Budget Woes)
Dierks Bentley, Little Big Town, Greg Allman and ZZ Top are among the acts announced for the Grandstand schedule at the Illinois State Fair in August.
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‘Ebertfest 2016: Center Of The Universe’ Preview
A conversation with WILL's Lisa Bralts and Tim Meyers, co-creators of the documentary looking at the history of Roger Ebert's Film Festival at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign. The new documentary, premeiring April 4, also previews the 18th annual Ebertfest, April 13-17.
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Lawmaker Wants Transgender Kids Out Of Standard School Bathrooms
Illinois lawmakers may soon take up the controversial question of which bathrooms should be used by transgender students.
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Urbana Council Takes Final Vote On Marijuana Fine Reduction
A week ago, Urbana aldermen approved lowering the fine for posessing small amounts of marijuana from $300 to $50. Alderman Aaron Ammons calls the higher amount 'egregious', and said it disproportionately impacts African-Americans in the city. The fine applies to someone with less than 30 grams of the drug.
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Focus Shifts To Illinois In Next Push For $15 Minimum Wage
California and New York -- where almost 1 in 5 Americans live -- are on their way to raising their minimum wage to $15 an hour. And the activists who spearheaded those efforts are now setting their sights on other similarly liberal, Democratic-led states, including Illinois.