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NIU students call for allowing undocumented students to apply for campus jobs, among a list of demands to improve the support provided to students regardless of their immigration status.
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Later this year, the Illinois Department of Transportation will install flashing safety beacons at the intersection of Route 23 and Perry Road in DeKalb County. It’s an area that has become known for deadly car crashes. Peter Medlin reports.
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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 pastor of a small Rockford church is expanding his reach by using social media and other outlets.
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The Illinois State Board of Elections (SBE) is urging action after discovering personal data belonging to voters on various Illinois websites.
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Local news coverage has all but disappeared in many Illinois communities. In Freeport, citizen journalists -- including local high school students -- are trying to help fill in the gaps. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin talked with Freeport High School students about their journalism experience.
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Voting by mail has its plusses, but Katie Andraski says there are things she would miss on election day.
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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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To celebrate this year for Earth Day and National Volunteer Week, employees at IDEAL Industries planted cabbage and kale for the DeKalb County Community Gardens.
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The resolution was approved on a 10 to 6 vote after arguments were made ranging from anti-immigrant rhetoric to pleas to understand the economic role immigrants play in the local economy.
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Bob Evans takes a look at what could be the biggest problem for Democrats this election season.