Capitol Cast: Juneteenth in Illinois
— June 19, 2021Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill designating Juneteenth as an official state holiday. Peter Hancock and Jerry Nowicki take a look at the importance of that holiday as well as other…
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‘Juneteenth’ becomes official state holiday
— June 16, 2021SPRINGFIELD – The day that marks the anniversary of the day in 1865 when some of the last enslaved Americans learned that they had been freed is now an official state holiday in Illinois….
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