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Spend summer days growing, supporting gardens with Extension’s ‘Four Seasons’ webinar seriesMay 21, 2024 2:12 pm - Get ready to spend summer days outdoors gardening, exploring, and enjoying the growing season by adding in “Four Seasons Gardening” webinars beginning June 11. Universi...
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Over 80,000 Illinois people banned from owning guns still keep them, report showsMay 16, 2024 7:04 am - SPRINGFIELD — In Illinois, 114,000 people are banned from owning guns because of legal tangles or mental health issues — three-quarters of them haven't surrendered their ...
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Stateville may close as early as September under Pritzker’s prison planMay 10, 2024 9:08 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Stateville Correctional Center could close as early as September under a plan laid out by Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration on Friday. Top officials with th...
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Lawsuit alleges sexual abuse was rampant in state-run juvenile detention centersMay 08, 2024 6:32 am - Rampant sexual abuse occurred unchecked for decades at Illinois’ juvenile detention centers, a new lawsuit filed on behalf of 95 former detainees alleges, citing hundreds...
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Illinois students earn awards, career path preparation at SkillsUSA Workforce ChampionshipsMay 07, 2024 5:19 pm - They poured concrete to lay bricks. They built tiny buildings, repaired diesel engines, and raced the clock and each other to be the best at more than 150 events — and th...
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Plant positivity, learn how to grow a school or community gardenMay 02, 2024 9:50 pm - When green spaces fill schoolyards and neighborhoods with flowers and fresh produce, children and communities thrive. But the journey from the idea of starting a communi...
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Illinois crop competition calls for youth scouting teamsMay 02, 2024 9:49 pm - The Illinois Youth Crop Scouting Competition is not just any competition. It is a unique opportunity for agriculture students to showcase skills and knowledge while worki...
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Prairie Band Potawatomi becomes first federally recognized tribe in IllinoisApr 24, 2024 6:41 pm - Nearly 200 years after Native Americans were forced out of Illinois, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has become the first federally recognized tribal nation in the sta...
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Pritzker’s health insurance reforms clear House, move to SenateApr 19, 2024 7:05 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker celebrated a partial legislative victory Thursday night when the House passed his initiative to end some practices health insurance compa...
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4 killed, 7 wounded in stabbing attack in Rockford; suspect is in custodyMar 27, 2024 9:21 pm - ROCKFORD, Ill. — Four people were killed and seven were hurt when a man went on a stabbing rampage Wednesday across multiple locations in a northern Illinois community, a...
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