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Nearly 200 years after Native Americans were forced out of Illinois, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has become the first federally recognized tribal nation in the state after a decision from the U.S. Department of the Interior last week.
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The Prairie Band Potawatomi, based in Kansas, signed an agreement last week putting the 130 acres of farmland in DeKalb County into a federal trust.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior announced that Illinois is, once again, home to a federally recognized tribal nation.
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Gov. JB Pritzker celebrated a partial legislative victory Thursday night when the House passed his initiative to end some practices health insurance companies use to control the amount and cost of health care services individual patients receive.
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Ban would take effect for manufacturers in 2027, retailers in 2028
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A special camp for young people brings together those who have lost loved ones.
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A manufacturer in the southwest suburbs of Chicago received $2.6 million from electric utility Commonwealth Edison this week as part of a state program for generating its own electricity using solar panels and storing it in one of the largest batteries in the country.
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The recent surge of international migrants arriving in Illinois has brought with it a host of new challenges for state and local officials. Those range from filling their most basic needs like emergency food, clothing and shelter, to more complex issues like lining them up with basic health care, financial assistance and other social services.
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Speech therapists, also known as Speech-Language Pathologists, or SLPs for short, are facing major challenges, like stagnant pay and sky-high caseloads. It’s making many consider leaving the field. In a 2-part story, WNIJ’s Peter Medlin has more on the problems...and how it hurts their patients.
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Groups also call for changes to state’s homicide reporting, cold case investigations
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Weeks after two high-profile resignations at the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday appointed the first-ever executive director to help lead the beleaguered agency.
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