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The nonprofit Partnership for College Completion’s Illinois Equity in Attainment Initiative asks schools to develop a plan to increase graduation rates among students who are low-income, first generation or students of color.
Jeff Martin, a high school admission advisor for the Midwest Technical Institute, worries about the amount of college debt facing the students he talks to for a living. He should know because he was in their shoes once. Martin said he travels to high schools to talk to students about college and career choices.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is asking the Attorney General’s office to temporarily shut down a Chicago-area chemical plant. The agency says that plant is releasing an illegal amount of cancer-causing fumes into the air.
A new poll shows Illinois Democrats are far more enthusiastic about voting in this fall’s election than Republicans.
The rate of growth for the Illinois economy is up for the third month in a row, according to the University of Illinois Flash Index.
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Speaking at a rally, state Rep. Carol Ammons and Democratic County Board candidates, including Tanisha King Taylor and Mike Ingram, called on the News-Gazette to add women to its all-male editorial board, which they said could have prevented the publication of the cartoon.
While debating, candidates offered no concrete suggestions for addressing fiscal problems but possibilities exist.
Recently, we received a question from Mark Porter, who wanted to know more about the state of state parks in Illinois. Mark asked, “What is the governor doing to protect our natural resources in Illinois and what is being done to support the State Parks and county forest preserves?”
Your sense of smell may give doctors early clues as to whether you’ll deal with Alzheimer’s disease. Since there’s no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, researchers are focused on ways to identify early signs and create treatments before dementia sets in.
The next debate for Illinois nominees for governor is this Wednesday in Chicago. But two candidates are being left out this time around.
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