Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021
Today’s headlines:
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A fourth labor group has now agreed to Governor J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for state employees in congregate care settings.
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Illinois educators rewrote their environmental literacy framework for the first time in a decade.
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Carle Foundation Hospital will drop Aetna Medicare in January.
In today’s deep dive, we’ll hear from two reporters from the Quad Cities covering the John Deere Strike– where more than 10,000 Illinois employees are on strike.
217 Today is produced by Farrah Anderson. Reporting today contributed by Hannah Meisel, Peter Medlin, Emily Hays and the 21st Show.
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