A new report confirms the Illinois Department of Corrections is indeed looking to move and rebuild the Logan women’s prison near Joliet instead of in Lincoln, impacting over 450 employees.
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Members of pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel groups in Los Angeles sometimes tussled, with reports that protesters used fireworks and pepper spray. It was hours before police restored calm.
The changes will happen next month. City officials say it will improve traffic flow and safety in the downtown area.
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Illinois' legalization of recreational cannabis has resulted in significant revenue and career opportunities. The University of Illinois Springfield Continuing and Professional Education (CAPE) unit now offers educational training to prepare for work in the industry through five different cannabis certificate programs. Rob Kerr, Executive Director Innovation and Opporunity, UIS; and Max Simon, CEO at Green Flower, a cannabis education company; join Community Voices to share the need to understand the complexities of the field.
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The Cardinals' owners claimed public funding for Busch Stadium would revitalize downtown. That didn’t happen — yet they’re preparing for another multi-million dollar ask.
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Florida has been a major access point for abortion in the South. Now its residents, along with thousands more in the region, will have to seek abortion care elsewhere after six weeks of pregnancy.
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After former President Donald Trump and Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake distanced themselves from the law, some abortion rights opponents are left wondering who they can count on.
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A new 2024 election poll from NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist shows fundamental divides over concerns for America's future and what to teach the next generation.
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New York police arrested dozens of people on two campuses Tuesday night after officers cleared out a Columbia University building occupied by protesters.
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A leading figure in his generation of postmodern American writers, Auster wrote more than 20 novels, including City of Glass, Sunset Park, 4 3 2 1 and The Brooklyn Follies.
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A federal court has blocked Louisiana's new congressional map in a case that could determine the balance of power in the next Congress and set up another Supreme Court test of the Voting Rights Act.
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Campus protesters want administrators to sell off investments in companies with ties to Israel. Here's a look at what divestment means — and why universities are saying no.
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In a new interview with TIME Magazine, Trump promises to prosecute President Biden, unleash the National Guard on immigrants and says it's "irrelevant" if he's comfortable criminalizing abortions.
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The Justice Department is expected to propose a new, lower classification for marijuana that would lessen restrictions on the drug. But there's another review process to come.
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The New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune and others contend that the tech companies illegally copied their work without seeking permission or ever paying the publishers.
The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady this week — and possibly for months to come — as policymakers try to sort through mixed signals about the U.S. economy.
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Billie Eilish, Fall Out Boy, Nile Rodgers, Cyndi Lauper, Lorde, Sia, Diplo and Chappell Roan are among the signatories of an open letter urging a Senate committee to support the Fans First Act.
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