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Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield, speaks on the Senate floor on Thursday, April 10, 2025.
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Springfield senator files bills after deadly 2024 police shooting that drew scrutiny of sheriff’s hiring
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Previous seasons of the show have taken a bleak stance on how humans use new technologies. The new season takes a more ambivalent approach, showing both threats and opportunities.
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#centralIllinoisMusicScene duo Bill Poss and JJ Passalacqua share their project LoveSeat and their new album, Our Way. Bill also organizes the Moccasin Creek Festival at Lake Sara in Effingham, this year June 19-22, and he shares this year's lineup.
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Sonya Massey speaking with Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson in her living room.
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The trial of a white former police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a Black woman in Springfield is being moved.
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The first Trump administration spent $28 billion bailing out farmers during a trade war with China. The White House has said it's starting to look at how to help this time around.
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On April 14, Blue Origin plans to launch a space flight with a crew that includes the singer behind the 2010 hit "Firework." But we can think of many other artists who deserve to be among the stars.
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