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Community colleges renew push for four-year degrees, but universities push backApr 29, 2025 7:07 pm - Harper College and other community colleges are lobbying legislators for the right to offer four-year bachelor’s degrees in select fields, but the proposal faces opposition from universities who fear duplication of efforts.
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After-school programs continue push for state aid
Apr 29, 2025 6:49 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Advocates for after-school programs that provide tutoring, recreation and other services made their case again Tuesday for a $50 million state appropriation...
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USPS law enforcement assists Trump ‘mass deportation’ effort, sources and records show
Apr 29, 2025 6:16 pm - The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has quietly begun cooperating with federal immigration officials to locate people suspected of being in the country ill...
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Naperville’s Cress Creek Garden Club honors scholarship winnersApr 29, 2025 5:11 pm - Cress Creek Garden Club will honor scholarships winners majoring in forestry, landscape design, botany, and horticulture at June 13 luncheon.
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New crosswalk in store for Illinois Avenue in St. Charles this summer
Apr 29, 2025 4:15 pm - Illinois Avenue in downtown St. Charles could be easier to cross later this year as the city gets ready to approve construction contracts for a new crosswalk near the river.
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Shuttered Prospect Heights hotel suggested for senior housing as prior taxes pursuedApr 29, 2025 4:11 pm - The new owner of the abruptly closed Crowne Plaza Chicago-Northbrook hotel in Prospect Heights has already made an informal proposal to the city to convert the 318-room building into a senior-living facility, city officials said.
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Canadian prime minister's Liberals fall short of a majority in Parliament
Apr 29, 2025 3:49 pm - TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals celebrated election victory in a stunning turn of fortune but fell short Tuesday of winning an outright majority ...
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The EPA is canceling nearly 800 environmental justice grants, court filing reveals
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Supreme Court seems likely to rule narrowly for family whose house was wrongly raided by FBI
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting sues Trump after attempted board firings