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The family of University of Illinois visiting scholar Yingying Zhang has created an endowment fund in her honor. The money will be used to support international students in crisis and their families.
We learn why the warden of the Danville Correctional Center ordered the removal of more than 200 books from a prison education program library. And, when you hear 2020 you’re probably not thinking about the state Supreme Court. But what happens in that election will have big consequences for Illinois. Plus, educators have been seeing more white nationalist propaganda in their communities, and they’ve come up with strategies to push back. Also, why advocates and some lawmakers want to make Cahokia Mounds in southern Illinois into a national park.
Urbana city officials want to hear what residents think about the sale and taxing of recreational cannabis. A listening session on the topic will be held at the City Council meeting 7 p.m. tonight.
State Senator Jason Barickman concedes a new law he co-sponosred to prevent further trauma to some sexual assault victims might not be enough to assuage victims' concerns.
Illinois has filed a lawsuit alleging that the company that provides water to the Chicago suburb of University Park caused lead to contaminate the village's drinking water.
