PORTLAND, Ore. — Given that 2021 started with a riot at the Capitol and ended with another highly contagious surge of a new Covid variant, one could argue that the optimism bar for 2022 has been set pretty low. Yet we genuinely do have reasons to be optimistic for the year ahead, if anything because […]
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by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are trying to find out if a key to mitigating an ongoing environmental threat lies along the banks of the mighty Mississippi River. Jonathan Remo, associate professor in the School of Earth Systems and Sustainability, left, works with Cecilia Albert-Black, an undergraduate student
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri is in the path of a powerful winter storm that that forecasters say will bring sleet, freezing rain and ice in advance of 12 inches or more of snow. The Missouri Department of Transportation advises Missourians not to travel through the end of the week. Today, Gov. Mike Parson declared a
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By Loretta Graham, Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois CEO As we celebrate Black History Month, let us recognize how African American culture has profoundly shaped American culture. Two of the greatest women in black history delivered a couple of the most significant speeches in American history – Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman. Sojourner Truth
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CHICAGO – With a forecast that includes the potential for ice, heavy snow, high winds and severely cold temperatures across the central United States this week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 5 office in Chicago encourages everyone to take precautions now to stay safe. “Avoid travel and listen to local updates for the
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 123,812 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois. That’s a drop of 32 percent from the previous week’s total of 183,722 cases. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 2,897,174 cases, including 30,688 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois.
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SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Police (ISP) has unveiled an interactive Statewide Expressway Shooting (SES) dashboard which contains current and historical data regarding reported expressway shooting incidents on all expressways in Illinois. The ISP created this tool to provide not only data but also as context to expressway shootings reported in Illinois. One of the
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METRO EAST – Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation Wednesday announced that almost $111.4 million has been awarded to transit providers downstate as part of the historic, bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital program. The governor also announced an additional $108.3 million for public ports in Illinois. Some of the port money
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by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – A team of students from Southern Illinois University Carbondale is among the finalists in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition. A team of students from Southern Illinois University Carbondale is among the finalists in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar District Cup. Competitors will
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SPRINGFIELD – A new requirement for large employers in Illinois when it comes to compliance with the Equal Pay Act of 2003 will begin to take effect March 24th. In 2021, the Illinois General Assembly passed and Governor Pritzker signed updated legislation requiring private businesses with 100 or more employees in the state of
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