Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021
Today’s Headlines:
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A federal judge this week upheld a new Illinois law banning county jails from detaining immigrants for profit.
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The pandemic threw a wrench in expanded gambling plans, which are just now getting back on track. Those projects are largely funding the state’s large infrastructure bill.
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Republican Congressman Rodney Davis says there was a lot to like in the bipartisan infrastructure bill that President Biden just signed into law. So why didn’t he vote for it?
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Health officials reported 44 new COVID-19 cases in Champaign County Wednesday. The number of active cases has topped 1700 for the first time since August 2020.
In today’s deep dive, the first in a two part series from Side Effects Public Media on how ivermectin became a coveted treatment for COVID-19 despite shaky research.
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