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Wheaton: Best place to live in Illinois?
Mayor Michael Gresk credits stability and continuity in public involvement across city government
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Record wheat streak ends, but 2018 crop strong
Erratic temperatures cut yields in bushels per acre, but prices remain on the upswing
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State pushes forward on industrial hemp
Department of Agriculture invites public comment on regulations for legal hemp
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Where We've Been: Cozy Dog
Transplanted Route 66 drive-in serves a delicious corn dog, whether or not it’s the original
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State Police unveil 'best recruitment video in nation'
Troopers seek ‘the best of the best’ to join their ranks
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Ted Cox January 3, 2019 Illinois State Police , Illinois State Police Merit Board , Leo Schmitz , Bruce Rauner , Jack Garcia , Andrew Berlin , Berling Packaging , Jamal Simington , Robin Woolery , Police Recruitment
Where We've Been: Quincy's Villa Kathrine
Moroccan ‘castle,’ complete with harem tower, serves as Quincy Tourist Center
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Turn the seat around: New laws
Rear-facing infant car seats lead new state regulations
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Year in Review: Sun sets on 2018 for One Illinois
From Rauner-Pritzker to a tug-of-war across the Mississippi to ribs and horseshoes to abundant eagles, what we saw, what we covered, what we ate in our first year as a statewide news outlet
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Teachers put in the work — outside class
Lorna Stowers holds down three outside jobs to make ends meet when she’s not teaching English at Bond County Community High School in Greenville
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Ted Cox December 28, 2018 Working Families , Education , Illinois Education Association , Illinois Teacher Shortage , Illinois Teachers , Bruce Rauner , Lorna Stowers , Bond County Community High School , Kaskaskia College , Beowulf , Macbeth , Frankenstein , Epic Hero , Epic Poems , Teacher Salaries
Legal weed a growing market
Grassroots Cannabis CEO Mitch Kahn stands prepared for ‘full recreational program’
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Ted Cox December 27, 2018 Mitch Kahn , Grassroots Cannabis , Illinois Medical Marijuana , Medical Cannabis , Medical Pot , Legal Marijuana , Legal Cannabis , Bruce Rauner , J.B. Pritzker , Kelly Cassidy , Will Guzzardi
Things We Read: 'Black Hawk: An Autobiography'
Sauk tribal leader rivals Abe Lincoln as the state’s most tragic figure
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Ted Cox December 26, 2018 Black Hawk , Sauk , Abe Lincoln , Black Hawk: An Autobiography , University of Illinois Press , Donald Jackson , Andrew Jackson , Black Hawk State Historic Site , George Davenport , Keokuk , Abraham Lincoln
Shifts in parenting driven by added economic anxiety
Spending increases are highest for kids under 6 and over 18
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Ted Cox December 26, 2018 Bruce Rauner , J.B. Pritzker , Working Families , Pre-K , Illinois Preschool , Intensive Parenting , Helicopter Parenting , Illinois Tuition , Affordable Care Act , Free-Range Parenting
Cairo cops hand out holiday tickets — lottery tickets
Drivers on Santa’s good list might get a pleasant surprise in the southernmost Illinois city
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Rep. Cassidy to be 'ready on Day One' with pot bill
Lead House sponsor of legalization sees likely startup New Year 2020
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Scroogy IPI tells public workers to abandon unions
AFSCME Council 31 blames mailing about padding holiday cash on Rauner
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Ted Cox December 20, 2018 Bruce Rauner , IPI , Illinois Policy Institute , Robert Bruno , AFSCME Council 31 , Janus v. AFSCME , Mailee Smith , FOIA , Lisa Madigan , Rauner FOIA
Illinois suffers population loss
State dropped 45,116 residents, and only New York lost more
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Trump's trade-war reparations go on
President drops another $5 billion on farmers who insist they’d rather just have free trade
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Ted Cox December 18, 2018 Trump Trade War , Donald Trump , Lynn Rohrscheib , Sonny Perdue , USDA , Farm Bill , Doug Schroeder , Illinois Soybean Growers , Illinois Soybean Association , U.S. Steel , Granite City Works , U.S. Steel Granite City Works
Recreational pot not a pipe dream
But marijuana won’t be be legalized overnight, says NORML Illinois Executive Director Dan Linn
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Ted Cox December 17, 2018 Dan Linn , NORML , NORML Illinois , Recreational Marijuana , Legal Cannabis , Medical Marijuana , J.B. Pritzker , Will Guzzardi , Rahm Emanuel , Michael Madigan , Maribis of Chicago Medical Marijuana Dispensary , Illinois Economic Policy Institute
Farm Bill gets Trump signature
Farm subsidies expanded, but not work requirements for food stamps
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Ted Cox December 17, 2018 Farm Bill , Illinois Farm Bureau , Illinois Soybean Growers , Lynn Rohrscheib , Dick Durbin , Tammy Duckworth , Chuck Grassley , Sonny Perdue , Richard Guebert Jr. , Industrial Hemp
Kinzinger backs Saudis, dismisses Khashoggi murder
Congressman breaks ranks with Republicans in Senate to defend support for Saudi Arabia in journalist’s slaughter
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