- Critics cite concerns about future upkeep of the facilities and the approach to incarceration for young and low-level offenders
- Nearly 200,000 students are attending Illinois public universities this fall
- An Illinois state lawmaker says she plans to fix a major shortcoming in a law that is failing families
- The Trump administration has granted air pollution exemptions to dozens of industrial plans across the Midwest
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