Makers: Women in Politics On Monday, March 30, at 6:30 p.m., join the Springfield branch of the American Association of University Women to view a documentary on groundbreaking women in politics, medicine and other fields that were previously closed to women. The 2013 documentary highlights the struggle for women’s equality during the past five decades. […]
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The innovators
Fitness is in. We’ve all seen enough alarming articles about obesity in America to know that something has to change, and there are plenty of people in Springfield trying to do something about it. We’ve selected a small sample of people who are trying innovative and interesting approaches to helping those around them attain a […]
Posted inOpinion
Happier endings
You’re in your doctor’s office. You’ve just been told that you have cancer – one of the bad ones, like those that attack the pancreas or the liver or the lungs or the ovaries – and that it has spread. The doctor will then tell you what he or she intends to do to help […]
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Illinois laying off 18 medical regulators
Seven state workers in Springfield could lose their jobs at the end of the year as regulators scramble to cover the increasing cost of overseeing doctors in Illinois. That’s because the fund that pays for doctor regulation and discipline is expected to dry up this month, forcing the layoff of 18 regulatory workers total in […]
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The new Illinois Rx Card – Too good to be true? Apparently not!
This is the first post in our new IT Overflow blog, where we’ll post all sorts of news, including stuff that doesn’t fit in our normal paper or stuff that maybe doesn’t warrant a full article. We’ll try to update it often, and the style will be less formal than our normal news stories. Expect […]
