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Gov. Bruce Rauner closed the Illinois State Museum last fall, citing the lack of a state budget. The museum in Springfield reopened over the weekend and…
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NPR Illinois' Amanda Vinicky has been reporting on the politics at the Statehouse for about a decade, but this past year has presented a whole new set of…
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For only the second time this year, Gov. Bruce Rauner and the four legislative leaders are set to meet, Tuesday, in Springfield. It comes as Illinois'…
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Because of the lack of a budget, social services providers have not been getting paid for some of their work, even though they have contracts with state…
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Some see a recent Illinois Supreme Court ruling on public employee wages as a potential key to ending the state’s budget impasse.Rachel Otwell sat down…
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This Sunday is the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment banned slavery in America. To…
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Every day brings news about the Middle East, and its complex political, religious and economic systems.To help make sense of ISIS, jihad and Middle…
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Tune in this week. Scott Faingold of the Illinois Times and Rachel are joined by Yona Stamatis, a professor of ethnomusicology at UIS and violinist for…
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Native American culture is known for being particularly in tune with the natural world. This has translated to a long tradition of treating ailments with…
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The popular comedic play, Greater Tuna, takes two actors and thrusts them into the world of a fictional Texan town. The actors play a host of characters,…