Coal Power Plants Found Responsible For Polluting Groundwater
The Illinois Pollution Control Board determined an energy company is responsible for contaminating groundwater with coal ash in four Illinois communities.
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Illinois To Get Tougher On Texting And Driving
When it comes to the battle against distracted driving, Illinois is taking it up a notch.
1st Democratic Debate - Live Analysis Of Both Nights
It's Night 1 of the first primary debate of the 2020 election cycle. Follow NPR reporters' live analysis and fact checks of the candidates' remarks.
Harsher Penalties On Texting While Driving; Taxing The Very Rich; DCFS And Spanish-Speaking Parents; Women’s World Cup
Starting next week, there will be harsher penalties for texting while driving. Also, what does it mean to tax the uber-rich? It’s a conversation happening not just in Springfield, but in Washington. Plus, hundreds of children in the Illinois foster system are being placed in homes where a language is spoken that isn’t their native one. And, the U.S. women’s team is on a mission to win a fourth World Cup.
Democratic Presidential Debate: See The 20 Candidates Who Will Be Onstage
Millions of television viewers are getting their first extended look at the historically sprawling Democratic primary field over two nights in Miami this week.