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Does the city of Springfield need its own planner?

Tags: Opinion, Urban planning, Springfield, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Tags: Politics, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Springfield, Illinois Times, politics, Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration, state operations, state spending, Turnaround Agenda, Medicaid payments, Gov. Rauner, Secretary of State, license plate renewals, overdue utility bills, Politics - Rich Miller

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Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, Adlai Stevenson III, Adlai Stevenson II, United Nations, Cuban Missile Crisis, United States, President Grover Cleveland, Black Book, Union Theatre, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, IT Picks

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Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Amy Alkon, Advice Goddess, advice columns, California, Springfield, heartbreak, FDR, fear, grief researcher George Bonanno, grief after a loss, hardiness, clinical psychologist Salvatore Maddi, transforming personal disasters into personal growth, Advice Goddess

Tags: Commentary, Jim Hightower, Common Sense, Illinois Times, Hillary Clinton, Wall Street, Bill Clinton, Robert Rubin, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Clinton’s empty promise of jobs for the poor, national poverty program, United States of America, NAFTA, National - Jim Hightower

Tags: Poetry, Jacqueline Jackie Jackson, Springfield, Illinois Times, poetry, poem, transition poem #5, dad came, country school, city school, clumpy shoes, the girl of the limberlost, daily news, halls locker doors, Poetry

Tags: Commentary, Jim Hightower, Common Sense, Illinois Times, Mexican jumping beans, northwest Mexico, U.S. corporations, corporate greed, North American Free Trade Agreement, China, World Trade Organization, NAFTA, offshoring, shareholder hegemony, U.S. factories, Kafkae, National - Jim Hightower

Tags: Politics, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Springfield, Illinois Times, politics, House Speaker Michael Madigan, Rod Blagojevich’s administration, Pat Quinn, Gov. Bruce Rauner, Senate President John Cullerton, stopgap budget, stopgap appropriations bill, Democrats, Exel, Politics - Rich Miller

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Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, The Jewish Federation of Springfield, The Green Prince, Mosab Hassan Yousef, Hamas, Israeli secret service, Nadav Schirman, Best Documentary, 2014 Sundance Film Festival, Third Annual Jewish Film series, C, IT Picks

Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, The Dixie Swim Club, Hoogland Center for the Arts, Susan Jeffers, Deb Whitson, Theatre in the Park, pre-show entertainment, singer Kristinah Hanson, Indian flutist Dave Tell, Rick Dunham, Elvis Himselvis, IT Picks

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Amy Alkon, Advice Goddess, advice columns, California, Springfield, sex, ace, asexual, asexuality, sexual orientation, social psychologist Anthony Bogaert, lack of sexual attraction or desire for others, asexual orientation, sexual release, clinical psych, Advice Goddess

Tags: Film, Chuck Koplinski, Illinois Times, film, movies, fairy tale, Me Before You, Thea Sharrock’s Me Before You, Lou Clark, Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones, Matthew Lewis, Jojo Moyes, Stephen and Camilla Traynor, Charles Dance, Janet McTeer, Sam Claflin, Beauty, Film - Chuck Koplinski

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Tags: Band Spotlight, Tom Irwin, Illinois Times, Springfield, Pub Crawl, Mark Mills & the Lifesavers, Meerkat Mobsters, Mark Mills, Nashville, Spike Jones, American Man, SOHO Music Festival, SOHO, Mark and the Lifesavers, Burt Bradley, Cheryl Bradley, Steve Becker, Steve Corre, Band Spotlight

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Tags: Poetry, Jacqueline Jackie Jackson, Springfield, Illinois Times, poetry, poem, lincoln statues poem, our most famous son, the volkmans, new statue, university grounds, young Lincoln, lincoln library, lincoln disguised as the tin woodman, Poetry

Sixth annual Pride festival features live music, drag show, free HIV testing, more

Tags: Summerguide, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, central Illinois, sixth annual Springfield Pridefest, Capitol Avenue, United States, PrideFest committee, The Phoenix Center, LGBTQ community, Jonna J. Cooley, Roy Pyers, Ward 6 Alderman Cory Jobe, Mayor Jim Langfel, Summerguide

Rock, run, disc golf to support 10 charities

Tags: Summerguide, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, central Illinois, Springfield SOHO Music Festival, 10K race, disc golf tournament, PDGA-certified disc golf tournament, SOHO Springfield, Springfield Service Organization for Humanitarian Opportunity, Eric Welch, Th, Summerguide

Annual festival of the bells draws world’s top carilloneurs

Tags: Summerguide, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, central Illinois, International Carillon Festival, Washington Park, carillon, Senator and Illinois State Register publisher Thomas Rees, The Rees Memorial Carillon, The Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon, Springfield Par, Summerguide

New family-friendly outdoor music series comes to Jacksonville this summer

Tags: Summerguide, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, central Illinois, Levitt AMP Jacksonville Music Series, Jacksonville, Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Award contest, Main Street Jacksonville, free concert series, Jacksonville’s Central Park, North Central Park Str, Summerguide