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A Quad Cities dental hygienist says failure to keep up with dental care can have devastating consequences for residents of nursing homes.

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Mixed messages came out of a meeting Tuesday between Illinois' governor and legislative leaders.  It was their first meeting in months - even as Illinois is in the midst of an unprecedented budget standoff.

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Some faculty aren't happy with the appointment of former Republican Senate candidate and Champaign Unit 4 School Board member John Bambenek to the Illinois Board of Higher Education.  Members of the Urbana campus Senate Executive Committee are drafting a letter protesting the nomination to the Rauner administration.

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Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and Illinois Senate President John Cullerton talk with Amanda Vinicky about the prospects for a long-delayed state budget deal.

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Governor Bruce Rauner has vetoed legislation to allow an arbitrator to settle state-employee wages and working conditions if union negotiations stall.  In his veto message Monday, the Republican governor called the bill "dangerous," adding it would replace his bargaining power with a union-friendly arbitrator.

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Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing says the proposed fiscal 2017 budget released Monday holds the line on the city's property tax rate, and has no new hires.  But she says the $49.5 million spending plan also includes investments like road repairs, including the partially grant-funded MCORE project, reconstructing a section of Green Street. 

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Graduates receiving diplomas at the University of Illinois Urbana campus over the weekend included 119 student-athletes. Two received scholarships from the Big Ten Conference to attend graduate school.

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Illinois State Police say Pendleton, of Bellflower, was found dead after a shootout in southern Illinois, in which an FBI SWAT team member was wounded. Pendleton had been wanted for shooting and wounding a police officer in Mahomet.

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The historian who's frequently part of PBS documentaries won the honors for a lifetime of service in the spirit of the 16th president. She accepted the honor in Chicago Friday.   

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A bipartisan group of legislators chosen to craft a solution to Illinois' budgete impasse has come up with a plan that includes higher taxes and billions of dollars in spending cuts.