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The federal School Bus Safety Act, if signed into law, would call on the U.S. Department of Transportation to set national standards for school bus safety. The bill specifically advocates for the addition of three-point seat belts that cross the shoulder and lap.
Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign are teaming up with community organizations to compost Halloween pumpkins.
In our weekly politics reporter roundup, we talk about the Illinois schools' report card and the first week under a new House Speaker in Congress.
Protests over the Middle East conflict, the turnover of an Air Force Base to a village, and the Illinois pumpkin crop... all part of this week's news roundup.
Iowa is dealing with a water crisis with consequences throughout the Midwest. Author and hydrology researcher Chris Jones says the blame for that falls on the ag industry.
