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The American Dream is in trouble, inequality is growing, and the biggest divide is in education. So says Robert Putnam and he believes he has the research to prove it. Illinois Public Media’s Scott Cameron spoke to him recently and they discussed what is causing this problem and how we can fix it.
Gaps in the current year's budget mean that the state has stopped paying for its Child Care Assistance Program, and day care providers are worried about more issues in the future.
The Parkland Cobras women's basketball team reached the NJCAA Div. II runner-up position for the first time, with their Saturday night 66-64 loss to the Johnson County Cavaliers at Overland Park, Kansas.
The vote by the IHSA Board was unanimous, keeping the boys' basketball finals in Peoria's Carver Arena from 2016-2020. Tourism officials and local goverments made a bid to bring the tournament back to Champaign-Urbana, which hosted the games for 76 years.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is asking for more information before deciding whether to approve an Indiana company's request to build a new coal mine in eastern Illinois.
