Autism And Mental Health Issues Make Finding Care A Challenge
Yvonne Martin keeps detailed notes of two years in her life. It starts on March 1, 2016. That’s the day her son, Daniel, first ran away from the family…
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How Midwestern National Forests Keep Fires At Bay And Prepare For Climate Change
A stand of trees in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri looks a little more sparse than what is often depicted in a forest. The trees are eight…
Beyond The Farm: A Look At The Wide World Of Ag Degrees
Fields, crops and farm animals are part of the agriculture-industry landscape, but an increasingly small one. The number of farm and ranch managers…
Can This Tiny House Solve Senior Housing Shortage?
If you’re a Baby Boomer, here are a couple of statistics that should concern you. By 2030, one in five Americans will be 65 and over. Yet a Harvard…
As Opioid Backlash Grows, Sickle Cell Patients Fear They’ll Lose Critical Pain Treatment
Long before Eric Kirkwood of Kansas City, Kansas, had his first sickle cell crisis at age 17, he knew about the pain caused by the disease. His uncle…
Where Medicaid Work Requirements Go, Lawsuits Follow
A number of states have tied Medicaid coverage to work requirements. But legal challenges have followed — a sucessful attempt to stop the program in…
Top Illinois Artist Preston Jackson Urges Peers: “Get Some Guts”
Preston Jackson is a martial artist, an accomplished guitar player, an educator and professor-emeritus, and a visual artist who has studios in…
Cargill’s New Robot Herds Cattle So Workers Don’t Have To
Brad Churchill, a slaughter operations manager at Cargill Meat Solutions, has worked in the cattle industry for more than 30 years. He’s seen many…
Rural America is Growing, But Only Near Big Cities And Scenic Areas
For the first time in seven years, rural America’s population is growing. The annual U.S. Department of Agriculture report “Rural America at a Glance”…
Mac Miller Overdose Shows Fentanyl’s Deadly Power
Popular rapper Mac Miller is the latest musician to die after ingesting fentanyl — a grim tribute to the drug’s power. A coroner in Los Angeles says…
Midwest Voters Weigh In On Pot, The ACA And More
Health care was a big campaign issue across the Midwest, and Tuesday’s election results were mixed. Among the winners: medical marijuana.
Ag Co-ops Are More Than Seeds And Sales, They’re Boosting Rural Economies
Farmers started forming co-ops nearly a century ago, primarily to get better prices for their crops. They pooled their resources, put up storage bins…
Forty Percent Of Rare ‘Polio-Like’ Cases Are In The Midwest
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn’t know why young children across the country are coming down with a rare condition called Acute…
Obama Visits U Of I Campus, Urges Students To Get Out & Vote
In his first major political speech since leaving office, former President Barack Obama took aim at the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress — blaming them for inciting division and stoking fears in the country. Obama delivered the address at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus, where he also accepted the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics
As States Embrace Cannabis As Opioid Alternative, Science Lags Behind Policy
Across the country, states desperate to prevent opioid addiction are considering medical cannabis as a solution.