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UIS tenure and tenure track faculty reach a tentative agreement with the university | First Listen

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  • Formal approvals on the a tentative contract UIS and UIS tenure track faculty will go through formal approvals in the coming weeks
  • A national grocery store chain may have to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in a settlement related to the opioid crises
  • A bill to extend bereavement leave in Illinois advancing in the legislature
  • An alternative way to burial and cremation moving through the state legislature
  • A push by Illinois' governor to prohibit the use of cell phones in class is on the way to the state Senate
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