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President Donald Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh, a politically connected conservative judge, for the Supreme Court Monday, setting up a ferocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation's highest court further to the right.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is investigating fast food restaurants over hiring practices.
The University of Illinois Extension will host a screening of “The Heroin Project," a documentary that takes an up-close look at how the nation’s opioid crisis is playing out in southern Illinois.
On the 21st: Why Border Patrol agents have greater authority to board buses and trains and search for people without documents, within 100 miles of any external boundary in the US. Plus, what's behind the shortage of veterinarians in rural areas? And, we'll recap the week in state politics.
According to federal data, only one in ten people with a drug addiction receive treatment. Two bills awaiting action from Governor Bruce Rauner could help more people in Illinois get access to drug addiction treatment.
