‘Walk As One’ Event Aims To Promote Resilience In Neighborhoods Affected By Gun Violence
The Champaign County Community Coalition is seeking volunteers for an event this week focused on preventing violence and promoting resilience.
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Across Midwest Farm Fields, Pesticide Exposure Is Tracked Unevenly Or Not At All
On July 28, 2017, a central Iowa emergency dispatcher received a 911 call from a man in a corn field.
Lawmakers Renew Effort To Eliminate Prisoner Medical Co-Pays
Illinois lawmakers want to eliminate medical co-pays for prisoners.
IL Lawmakers Approve Expanding MAP Grant Eligibility
Illinois' MAP grants — the monetary award program for low-income college students — would be available to more students if a bill approved by the legislature this month becomes law.
Senate Bill Proposes Statewide Solution To Coal Ash Problem
Coal ash is one of the largest types of industrial waste generated in the U.S., according to the EPA. And some Illinois lawmakers say the state has a coal ash problem.