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A Mason County tree nursery is taking a lead role in the effort to protect monarch butterflies and Rusty Patched bumblebees.

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.

The Bloomington Township Fire Protection District sought the referendum because of state-mandated minimum wage increases, higher equipment costs and the need to stay competitive in recruiting emergency personnel.

Health officials put blood donations in South Florida on pause until it's known whether four cases of Zika virus were caused by mosquitoes in the U.S., or until blood donations can be screened.

A Peoria woman suffered non life-threatening injuries after rolling over her vehicle on Spring Bay Road Friday morning.

The sheriff's office tweeted that a portion of a Colorado highway was blocked by "a large boulder the size of a small boulder." They meant to say the size of small car, but Twitter is unforgiving.

While disputes continue over recounts in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties, all the other counties in Florida have done recounts of varying types. State law required a recount because of the narrowness of the margin between Bush and Gore. But the recount law is imprecise. So some counties simply checked the mechanics and the math...while others reran the ballots through tabulating machines. And some local officials manually examined ballots that had been rejected by the machines-- just as Democrats want to do in the three disputed counties. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

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.

Six states — California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota and New Mexico — held elections on Tuesday. Here are key races to follow and who has won so far.