Madhu Krishnamurthy
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Foster, Ventura lock horns over environmental issuesJan 24, 2020 4:25 am - A race pitting a veteran scientist against a mathematician highlights stark differences in how each would tackle global warming. Centrist four-term lawmaker U.S. Rep. Bi...
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Student referrals for bad behavior up in U-46, report showsJan 24, 2020 4:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 officials are reporting a rise in student referrals for bad behavior in school over the last two years. Overall student referrals for beh...
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What can you do in response to coronavirus?Jan 24, 2020 12:00 am - First, stay calm. There is no need to panic, health officials advise. The chance of contracting coronavirus through casual contact with an infected person is extremely s...
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Elgin school seeks $35,000 to build community gardenJan 24, 2020 12:00 am - Garfield Elementary School in Elgin has sought to foster a sense of community throughout its 130-year history. Garfield is among the most diverse and impoverished school...
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4-year college costs push minorities into community collegesJan 19, 2020 6:00 am - PALATINE, Ill. (AP) - Growing up in the Northwest suburbs, Daliyah Sanders often felt isolated from her peers as the only black student in her class practically since ki...
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Professor: Community colleges need to look at implicit bias against men of colorJan 17, 2020 12:00 am - Words of encouragement from a teacher or a smile of acknowledgment when passing a student in the hallway might seem trivial. But they would have made 12 years of public ...
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Holiday Inn Express could be coming to Huntley business parkJan 14, 2020 12:00 am - A roughly 100-room Holiday Inn Express hotel is proposed for nearly six acres in Huntley's Regency Square business park. Village officials recently authorized negotiatio...
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Objection to Elk Grove Village referendum question heads to courtJan 04, 2020 12:00 am - The fate of a March 17 term-limits referendum in Elk Grove Village now rests in the hands of the court. After nearly four hours of oral arguments Saturday, Elk Grove Vil...
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How community colleges are supporting low-income black, Latino studentsJan 03, 2020 12:00 am - Growing up in the Northwest suburbs, Daliyah Sanders often felt isolated from her peers as the only black student in her class practically from kindergarten through high...
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Rising tuition putting college out of reach for low-income, minority studentsJan 03, 2020 12:00 am - Rising tuition and reduced state funding have put college out of reach for low-income students, experts say. The impact is being felt most acutely by black students, wh...