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Raw poultry with magnifying glass with contaminant icons
IL State News
10 months ago
New salmonella outbreak is linked to backyard poultry, CDC says

Health officials say at least seven people in six states have been affected in a new salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry.

State Sen. Cristina Castro is pictured in a Senate Executive Committee hearing last year in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Education
10 months ago
Senate leaders split on community college bachelor’s degree proposal

Measure backed by Pritzker has so far stalled in the General Assembly.

Former Gov. George Ryan
IL State News
10 months ago
Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan Dies at 91

Ryan had been in hospice care for the past few days.

Business
10 months ago
Tourism pros tell their troubles to state senators

Much hotel tax $ goes to general revenue fund, not tourism

Crime
10 months ago
Illinois police memorial

Mendoza’s slam at Safe-T Act draws applause, criticism

Business
10 months ago
Big customers for local solar farm

Chicago, Cook County just two of seven

Mega Millions lottery machine
IL State News
10 months ago
$349M Mega Millions winners come forward in Illinois

The winners say they plan to use the $349 million to do good, and it will be the “gift that keeps on giving.”

Susan Stanton, right, executive director of ACT Now, which advocates for after-school programs, testifies before a House committee in favor of a bill to earmark $50 million in the upcoming state budget to help fund those programs. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Education
10 months ago
After-school programs continue push for state aid

$50M appropriated for current year was never released, advocates argue

IL State News
10 months ago
IL AFL-CIO commemorates Workers’ Memorial Day

Bill would keep today’s regulations even if feds roll them back

ISU photo of person of interest in Sunday shooting at Bone Student Center
Crime
10 months ago
Illinois State University police release photos of person of interest in campus shooting

One person was shot after a fight in the entryway to the Bone Student Center just before 8 p.m., where a student event was happening. 

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