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Prisons chief Donald Stolworthy wrote the contracts contribute to "many of the ills within the system,'' including personnel costs and qualifications within management.
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The former Republican congressman will be stepping into his first non-partisan office. He hasn't served in office since retiring in 2012 for family reasons, shortly after winning that year's primary.
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Illinois' budget — and Governor Bruce Rauner's influence on it — will be examined by a special legislative committee. Powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan announced its formation Friday
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Floods in the midwest and nearby states are not getting bigger, they're just occurring more often. That's the conclusion of a new study by the University of Iowa Flood Center after looking at 50 years of river levels in 14 states
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The vice president will address sexual assualt prevention at the university's Urbana campus. The event will highlight the "It’s On Us" sexual assault prevention campaign.
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Finally, pumpkin pie might be getting the attention it deserves from lawmakers in Springfield. Illinois grows 95 percent of pumpkins processed in the United States, and lawmakers have proposed a bill making pumpkin pie the official pie of Illinois.
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Gov. Bruce Rauner has spent much of his first few months in office talking about labor unions. He’s shared not only policy proposals, but also his ideas about the history of the union movement. Illinois Public Media's Brian Mackey wrote about the state of labor in the April edition of Illinois Issues magazine and decided to take a closer look at one the governor’s theories.
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The star and director of "The End of the Tour", depicting 1980 Urbana High School graduate David Foster Wallace, say their love for the late author's writing made them want to take on the project.
