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  • Mayoral candidates meet for first public forum
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    Jan 27, 12:43PM
    Mayoral candidates meet for first public forum
    Business growth, infrastructure, labor unions, Hunter Lake among topics discussed
    By Dean Olsen
    Springfield needs to create a more “business-friendly” permitting process for construction and improvement projects, and the city should spend more of its money to fix streets, sidewalks and sewers, mayoral candidate Misty Buscher said at... Read More 
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Harming health care workers

Violence against hospital staff is on the rise

By Dean Olsen

Jan 26, 2023

After working as a nurse's aide in Springfield Memorial Hospital's emergency department for four years, and after dodging a chair swung at her by one visitor and being pinned to the ground by another, Susan decided to leave for a different health care setting. Part of the reason for resigning once she completed her training to become a registered nurse was the upswing in threats and violence against the staff by patients and visitors she witnessed and experienced firsthand...

Harming health care workers

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  • Mayoral candidates meet for first public forum

    Business growth, infrastructure, labor unions, Hunter Lake among topics discussed

    By Dean Olsen

    Jan 27, 2023
    Mayoral candidates meet for first public forum
  • Judge finds probable cause for first-degree murder charges against emergency workers

    By Dean Olsen

    Jan 26, 2023
    Judge finds probable cause for first-degree murder charges against emergency workers
  • Free parking

    Mayoral candidates differ on whether to reinstitute parking meters downtown

    By Scott Reeder

    Jan 26, 2023
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  • Luring new sports gamblers with freebies

    Legal gambling in Illinois may cost more than the revenue it generates

    By Don Howard

    Jan 26, 2023
    Luring new sports gamblers with freebies
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    By Karen Ackerman Witter

    Jan 26, 2023
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    Jan 26, 2023
    The cycle of language
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    Jan 26, 2023
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    By Cinda Ackerman Klickna

    Jan 26, 2023
    Peanuts, the crop that changed history
  • You People struggles to find new ground, Maybe I do reminiscent of high school play

    By Chuck Koplinski

    Jan 26, 2023
    You People struggles to find new ground, Maybe I do reminiscent of high school play
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    By Elizabeth Watson

    Jan 19, 2023
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    Jan 19, 2023
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