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Student journalists at UIUC and Fourah Bay College team up to cover period poverty in Sierra Leone
A team of journalists from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign recently traveled to Sierra Leone to report on the global phenomenon of period poverty.
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Urbana residents want to divert calls from police while a consultant recommends hiring more officers
The national consultant hired by the city of Urbana has released its first report evaluating the police department and recommended hiring more police officers, which would cost the city millions and involve raising taxes.
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Best of: Illinois’ First Lady MK Pritzker takes us inside the Governor’s mansion
The history and renovations of the Governor's Mansion, located in Springfield, are documented by Illinois' First Lady, MK Pritzker, in a new coffee-table book.
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