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WILL Agricultural Services Director Dave Dickey talks about his retirement after three decades with Illinois Public Media with IPM's Jim Meadows.

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There was no shortage of rain this month, but rather a shortage of drainage solutions. Collectively, Illinois received 8.9 inches of rainfall in June making it the wettest June on record and the fourth wettest month in the state's history according to records dating back to 1895. Currently, the wettest month on record happened in September of 1926 when 9.26 inches of rainfall fell over Illinois.

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Illinois legislators will return to Springfield Tuesday, leaving them one last day to get a budget deal in order. This year's spending plan expires at midnight on June 30. Not only is there no long-term agreement, there's no sign of a provisional one either.

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About 70 people attended a Monday news conference held by Champaign-Urbana Democratic lawmakers Carol Ammons and Scott Bennett.  They say Gov. Bruce Rauner needs to set aside his agenda of business reforms and negotiate for social services that stand to lose funding by the new fiscal year Wednesday.

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Jeff Ingrum, CEO of Urbana-based Health Alliance, says they expect to get their 130,000 Medicaid patients through the current state budget crisis without a disruption in service.

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Before Friday’s ruling, it was easier for same sex couples to adopt in most states than it was for them to marry.  Only two states, Michigan and Mississippi, prohibit same sex couples from jointly petitioning to adopt a child.

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University of Illinois law professor Sara Benson breaks down the legal reasoning behind the Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage, what it means in Illinois and what is still left to achieve. 

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Advocates in Illinois are celebrating the Supreme Court's ruling making same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states.  Equality Illinois says the ruling sends a powerful message that LGBT Americans "should be treated equally and justly in all facets of life.''

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The Supreme Court has declared that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States.  Gay and lesbian couples already can marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia.

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Gov. Bruce Rauner and AFSCME, the state's largest public employees union, have agreed to extend their current contract for one month, postponing the possibility of a strike or lockout.