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217 Today: New entertainment district opens in downtown Champaign
Friday, May 31, 2024 Today’s headlines: In Central Illinois, there are mixed reactions to former President Donald Trump’s guilty verdict. Governor J.B. Pritzker says justice
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217 Today: Professor blends nature and music with the sounds of cicadas in Illinois
Thursday, May 30, 2024 Today’s headlines: Illinois lawmakers have ended their legislative session – though one proposed reform remains in limbo. The University of Illinois
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217 Today: ‘Junk patents’ by big pharma lead to soaring drugs prices, FTC says
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 Today’s headlines: The Illinois House approved a $53 billion state budget early this morning – but passing the revenue package to help pay
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217 Today: ‘Can you cut?’ – Female barbers show off their skills in recent competition
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Today’s headlines: Local pro-Palestinian activists are demanding action from politicians after Israeli airstrikes killed dozens in a refugee camp in Rafah.
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217 Today: Trees are spreading across the Great Plains. They’re actually making climate change worse
Friday, May 24, 2024 Today’s headlines: The Champaign County Board voted to censure County Auditor George Danos on Thursday for unprofessional conduct and failure to do
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217 Today: Rushville’s newly restored Wurlitzer organ is ‘such a gift from the donor’
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Today’s headlines: There have been several measures aimed at protecting workers’ rights that have come before Illinois state lawmakers this Spring.
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217 Today: Grass lawns are a landscape staple, but an environmental reckoning may change that
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 Today’s headlines: State police closed some interstate highways in central Illinois on Tuesday as gusty winds and dry soil combined to
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217 Today: Coal ash is polluting Illinois rivers. Environmentalists want the state to move faster to stop it
Monday, May 20, 2024 Today’s headlines: Credit monitoring agencies wouldn’t have access to some medical debt information under a bill Illinois lawmakers just approved. Illinois
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217 Today: Scientists find success deterring invasive carp with underwater acoustics
Friday, May 17, 2024 Today’s headlines: The public can now view and comment on three proposed boundary maps for Urbana’s seven City Council wards at
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217 Today: A Chicago woman who helps migrants fights for a chance to stay in the United States
Thursday, May 16, 2024 Today’s headlines: Illinois families living under the federal poverty line can get extra help feeding their kids during summer vacation. Planned
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217 Today: Drought lingers in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains. ‘You have to have some hope’
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Today’s headlines: Illinois Republicans are glad the state is getting sued over a new law that changes how candidates are selected
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217 Today: New reservation in DeKalb County draws optimism and uncertainty
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 Today’s headlines: A NASA program launched to help U.S. farmers marked its first anniversary this spring. At least two incidents of
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