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JB Pritzker called for creating a new agency in 2023 to consolidate and streamline services for infants and toddlers under one roof. The new agency is led by Secretary Teresa Ramos, who previously served as an education adviser in the Pritzker administration.
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Mass deportations would be felt across hospitals and emergency rooms, which already face persistent staffing shortfalls. The long-term healthcare sector will suffer the greatest disruptions, experts say. -
The Vatican responded Thursday to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope's consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X in schism and excommunicating its bishops and priests. -
Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine's capital overnight into Thursday, with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones, killing several people. -
U.S. and Iranian negotiators met separately on Wednesday with Qatari and Pakistani mediators, with "positive progress made," and they agreed to continue discussions, host Qatar said. -
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Schools in Illinois discipline Black students at much higher rates than white students. A Springfield high school under a consent decree to desegregate hands out more discipline violations per Black student than almost any other school in the state.Emily Hays reports on part two of a three-part, statewide series on Black student discipline disparities.
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