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Illini Baseball Team Win Streak At 21 After Weekend Sweep
The Illini baseball team has completed a weekend sweep of the Ohio State Buckeyes, and now have 21 straight victories with Sunday's 6-2 win at Columbus.
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Mark Morris Dance Group Reaches Out To C-U With Message Of Dance
Mark Morris says the outreach work his company does stems from his belief that dance and other physical movement is a basic facet of human artistic expression, part of “everything that makes a people more civilized and empathetic”.
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University Of Illinois Announces Graduate Cancer Program
Cancer Community @ Illinois in partnership with Carle Cancer Center will launch the Cancer Scholars for Translational and Applied Research (C*STAR) graduate educational program in the fall. The C*STAR program will give funding for six existing University of Illinois graduate students to work on a specific cancer research project for up to three years alongside a faculty member from the Cancer Community @ Illinois and a clinician mentor from Carle.
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There Are Still Not Enough Beds For Prisoners With Mental Illness
The prison system has been in a legal battle over mental health care since 2007.
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Coal Advocates Enter Energy Fray
There's a new player in a battle over energy policy that's playing out at the Illinois Capitol.
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Shakespeare Corrected: Opening Night In Decatur
22 inmates in the Decatur Correctional Center recently wrapped on their production of Shakespeare's Macbeth. It's the fourth production for the Shakespeare Corrected program.
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Obama Library To Be Built In Chicago
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Rauner Administration To Restore $26 million In “Good Friday” Grant Cuts
A spokesman with the governor's office says an unexpected windfall in tax revenues allows for the restoration of $26 million in grant funds ---- but deeper cuts are possible after June 30th.
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Bill Allowing Schools To Share Mental Health Info Advances
The bill HB3599 stipulates colleges would only share information with a student's permission and if students were found to be a danger to themselves or others.
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Dan Walker, From Power To Prison
A former governor of Illinois has died. Dan Walker ran the state for one term in the 1970s. A Democrat, he focused much of his brief political career on fighting members of his own party.