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WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Rainbow Cafe Executive Director Carrie Vine about Pride 2023, its importance, and a new organization aimed at helping LGBTQ people who are trying to relocate from other states.
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A growing legal movement to grant natural entities like rivers and forests legal rights is gaining traction in the U.S., and environmentalists are now setting their sights on the Mississippi River.
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The new Illinois state budget includes $250 million for early childhood programs. Some of that will support “early intervention services” for Illinois’ youngest children with disabilities. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports on why it’s so challenging for families to get their kids with disabilities the care they need.
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WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with SIU School of Law Dean Camille Davidson about the School's Diversity Prelaw Summer Institute, it's mission and accomplishments
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Three companies are proposing pipelines across the Midwest that would carry carbon dioxide captured from ethanol plants to underground sequestration sites. The plan is to inject the CO2 deep into rock formations under Illinois and North Dakota, but some landowners are pushing back.
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WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Interim SIU Aviation Director Jose Ruiz about the shortage of pilots, and what can be done
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Every five years, Congress has to renew the farm bill — a gigantic piece of legislation that supports and protects food production, natural resources and provides food benefits to low-income families.
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WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Carl Hulse about the 2024 election and more
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In the past decade, the number of Illinois high schoolers earning early college credit from Advanced Placement (AP) or Dual Credit courses has skyrocketed.
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Across the Midwest, some city codes threaten people with fines for having milkweed on their property. But experts say many places have dropped those rules to support monarchs with urban and suburban butterfly gardens.