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State Rep. Carol Ammons wants descendants of slaves in Illinois to have access to free DNA testing
Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Urbana) proposed a House Resolution urging support for the Family Roots Genealogy Program pilot, which aims to reconnect African Americans to their ancestral roots. The program is in partnership with the Department of Anthropology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Carl Woese Institute for Genomic Biology.
New bill in Illinois Senate to allow terminally ill Illinoisans the right to end their lives
Conversation around Senate Bill 3499.
A conversation with Republican leader of the Illinois State Senate, John Curran
John Curran joins us to share his thoughts on the State of the State and budget address.