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Ahead of a statewide mandate for Illinois colleges and universities to make plans to recruit and retain students of color into its teacher education programs, Illinois State University and Eureka College will join 22 other schools in a pilot program aimed at identifying best practices.

Black served in the Illinois House from 1986-2010.

Coal companies shed billions in obligations to workers and the environment. They went on to riches through bankruptcy and asset transfers.

Sheriff's Deputy Dave Huhn's job has become more important after a series of hot, dry summers have made farmers more desperate for water, and more willing to steal it or go to battle over it.

Illinois State University’s president says he’s moving ahead with plans for a new engineering college, despite recent opposition in the Academic…

Recounts are underway in the close Florida races for governor and Senate. Georgia counties have to report results by Tuesday evening, which could move the race for governor closer to a final result.

Ethnic tensions in North Carolina are on the rise as the state's Hispanic community has boomed. To foster understanding, a nongovernmental organization is sending local policy makers on trips to Mexico. Officials say the experience has helped them in their jobs.

When his son began kindergarten this week, educator James Kassaga Arinaitwe flashed back to his own initiation into school, growing up in Uganda under far humbler circumstances.

Clark County, home to Las Vegas, and Reno’s Washoe County are reliably Democratic — and where nearly 90% of Nevadans live. The Silver State’s other 15 counties are heavily conservative. We vist Nye County.

Many farmers are defying efforts by regulators to strictly limit the use of dicamba, a popular weedkiller that's prone to drifting into neighboring fields.