Barge traffic back to normal; lock closures loom
February 3, 2023Barge traffic is getting back to normal on the lower Mississippi River for what’s typically a slower time of the year anyway. “The water levels are back up to normal south of Cairo…
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Pritzker seeks more info on AP African American Studies course
February 2, 2023SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week asked the College Board for more information about its reasoning for changing the final framework of a new Advanced Placement course in…
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Survey pushes for greater focus on teacher recruitment, retention
February 2, 2023SPRINGFIELD – Illinois schools are still grappling with a teacher shortage that seems to only be getting worse, a recent survey by the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents…
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Illinois town founded by former slave is newest national park
February 2, 2023The New Philadelphia National Historic Site in western Illinois, commemorating the first U.S. town to be legally founded by African Americans, is the nation’s newest national park….
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Pritzker announces end of state’s COVID-19 disaster proclamation
January 31, 2023SPRINGFIELD – Exactly 38 months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, Illinois will no longer be under a disaster proclamation as of May 11, Gov….
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Appellate court upholds restraining order on assault weapons ban
January 31, 2023SPRINGFIELD – A temporary restraining order that partially blocks Illinois’ new assault weapons ban from being enforced will remain in place after a divided state appellate court…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Study: Food prices outpacing inflation
January 31, 2023This week’s farm and rural news roundup is led with a report on the Biden administration’s recent rejection of Mexico’s biotech corn compromise, and a study on how food prices…
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Elgin area school chief to become state superintendent of education
January 31, 2023SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education announced Tuesday that Elgin-based School District U-46 Superintendent Tony Sanders will become the next state superintendent of…
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Construction begins at historic halls on UIUC campus
January 31, 2023Construction is beginning on the $100 million investment for the Illini Hall Replacement and Altgeld Hall Renovation Project at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)…
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State finds breathing room amid ‘unprecedented’ prolonged revenue boom
January 31, 2023SPRINGFIELD – Sustained higher-than-predicted state tax revenues have in recent months given lawmakers a level of budgeting flexibility that is, at least in modern times, without…
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