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A program designed to help reduce farmer injuries and deaths losing funding | First Listen

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS

Published June 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM CDT

Jeff Bender of the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center says a loss of funding for a safety program will impact small and mid-size family farms the most
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker will make the case for immigration laws at a hearing before Congress
The 13th anniversary of DACA is this weekend, and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin is advocating for Congress to continue to support it
Planned Parenthood of Illinois is seeing historically high patient numbers since Roe vs. Wade was overturned three years ago