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2024 Ebert Fellows review Bob Marley: One Love
The 2024 University of Illinois Ebert Fellows review the new Bob Marley biopic, Bob Marley: One Love.
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Best of: Illinois food banks gearing up for 2023 holiday season
Food banks are gearing up for the holiday season. The Eastern Illinois Food Bank talks about new programs and serving the most vulnerable communities.
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217 Today: The U.S. hopes to build more pipelines for carbon capture. Landowners don’t want them
In today's deep dive, we'll learn why some farmers and landowners are against new pipelines.
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The state of Black media in Illinois
Is there a role for Black media in 2024 when so much of Black culture and representation is omnipresesent in mainstream media?
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217 Today: How the U-46 school district is trying to help newcomer migrant students
In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about how Northern Illinois school districts are trying to help its new migrant students.
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Is our democracy prepared for artificial intelligence?
Discussions on the dangers and benefits that artificial intelligence has on our democracy.
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217 Today: Over one-third of Illinois fourth graders don’t have basic reading skills. The state plans to change that
In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about the Illinois State Board of Education’s new plan to bring up literacy rates.
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Rockford’s first poet laureate to perform with jazz group tomorrow
Rockford's first poet laureate will perform February 10 alongside an Illinois jazz group.
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Politics News Roundup - February 9, 2024
A pair of Illinois Republicans visited the US-Mexican border. They called for changes to the immigration policy, and Illinois' status as a sanctuary state.
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Illinois News Roundup - February 9, 2024
New fallout from a funeral home investigated for how it treated human remains, an Illinois city designated as a 'Dementia' friendly, and a new portrait of Peoria comedy legend Richard Pryor.