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Developing a master plan for Downtown Springfield and more top stories | First Listen

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  • Work to develop a Downtown Springfield-Medical District Master Plan is underway
  • Secretary of State Jesse White has COVID
  • NIU reports its first Monkeypox case
  • Illinois' gubernatorial candidates talk renewable fuels
  • Marne Fauser, President and CEO of United Way of Central Illinois, talks about the organizations 100th anniversary and its kick-off fundraising campaign
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