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Illinois doesn’t need fewer deal-makers, it needs better ones

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Implementation of health insurance reforms awaits House vote

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Protestors claim deceit over controversial drilling process

Tags: News, Patrick Yeagle, Illinois, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, Sandra Steingraber, Josh Fox, Gasland, Pat Quinn, oil, natural gas, North Dakota, John Bradley, House, Senate, regulation, News

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Edinburg couple soured on oil production at their farm

Tags: News, Patrick Yeagle, Illinois, oil, oil well, pooling, communitization, Springfield, Bi-Petro, Skip Homeier, Paula Cook, Jim Cook, Edinburg, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, DNR, News

Fewer youth in prison, but mental health care still lacking

Tags: News, Patrick Yeagle, Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, IDJJ, Illinois Department of Corrections, IDOC, John Howard Association, JHA, HIV, HPV, juvenile, justice, youth, prison, incarceration, Kewanee, St. Charles, voting, vote, race, racial, disparity, News

City may adopt bike plan as infrastructure improvements begin

Tags: News, Patrick Yeagle, bike, bicycle, car, bike plan, SSCRPC, Linda Wheeland, Springfield-Sangamon County Regional Planning Commission, Springfield Bicycle Advisory Council, Kevin Greene, Springfield, Sangamon County, Springfield City Council, Route 66, bike tra, News

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The effort to revive the heart of Springfield

Tags: News, Patrick Yeagle, Springfield, downtown, Downtown Springfield Inc, DSI, SDAT, Sustainable Design Assessment Team, Charles Pell, CJP Architects, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln, Larry Quenette Renaissance Architects, John Gray Noll, Pinky Noll, Daniel Noll, Noll La, Feature

Action comes after deaths, disfiguration

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District 186 needs more than a new superintendent

Tags: Opinion, School District 186, education, Springfield, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

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Murder trial begins in 2009 killings

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A new documentary chronicles a 40-year failed policy

Tags: News, The House I Live In, Jacqueline Muhammad, Gabor Mate, Richard Miller, Eric Franklin, Shanequa Benitez, Maurice Haltiwanger, Anthony Jackson, Melinda Shopsin, drugs, anti-drugs, prison, News

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Board apologizes and accepts two resignations

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Tags: Home & Garden, Illinois Times, home and garden, Earth Day, green living, sustainable living, spring gardening, Springfield, Illinois, Midwest drought, University of Illinois Extension, All-America Selections, Perennials Plant Association, CWLP, green solutions, environm, Home & Garden

Tags: Home & Garden, Illinois Times, home and garden, Earth Day, green living, sustainable living, spring gardening, Springfield, Illinois, Midwest drought, University of Illinois Extension, All-America Selections, Perennials Plant Association, CWLP, green solutions, environm, Home & Garden

Tags: Home & Garden, Illinois Times, home and garden, Earth Day, green living, sustainable living, spring gardening, Springfield, Illinois, Midwest drought, University of Illinois Extension, All-America Selections, Perennials Plant Association, CWLP, green solutions, environm, Home & Garden

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Little oversight of insurance charge

Tags: News, Patrick Yeagle, Illinois, Springfield Fire Department, Ken Fustin, fire insurance, Foreign Fire Insurance, Bob Gray, Kent Redfield, Springfield, University of Illinois, Citizens’ Efficiency Committee, Sangamon County, News