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When she found out that staff at the Danville Correctional Center had removed more than 200 books from a library inside the prison’s education wing,...
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The U.S. Census count is less than a year away, and the group tasked with making sure everyone is counted is asking state lawmakers for millions to help...
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In one town in the Metro East, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, police are forcing landlords to evict tenants who have called for help...
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Illinois continues to lose residents, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau released in April. Overall, around 45,000 fewer people lived in...
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Johnny Page saw something as a child that no young person should ever see. “I witnessed my cousin being killed when I was maybe six, seven-years-old,”...
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The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services will soon allow gender confirmation surgery to be covered by Medicaid.That procedure, most often…
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Melissa Esparza fled her home in west suburban Chicago two years ago. Then 16, she said her parents became physically violent after years of verbal...
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In the course of reporting my previous story on the gap between wages and the cost of housing, I spent time following a case manager with the Southern…
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In Illinois, there are only 35 affordable housing units for every 100 families considered extremely low-income, according to Housing Action Illinois, a...
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Many communities in Illinois have rules that say renters can lose their housing if someone in the home is connected to a crime. City leaders who back...