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Finance director Andrew Huhn presented an overview of financial trends from the 2024-25 fiscal year compared with previous years. The report largely showed growth or steady trends.

Waters off the coast of Maine are warming faster than 99 percent of the world's oceans. That's forcing whales northward in pursuit of prey, threatening some of their already dwindling populations.

Michigan is a pivotal state in 2024 — and one that the Biden campaign sees as part of its path to victory. But Democrats are still weighing how to move forward after Biden's recent stumbles.

Researchers have identified a speed demon at the heart of the Milky Way. This fast-moving star may yield insights into the black hole parked at the center of our galaxy.

Candidates for governor are crisscrossing the state in the final hours before Tuesday's primary election.Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner faces a primary…

2019 was a memorable year for central Illinois farmers—and not in a good way. Trade disputes cut into prices and drove up anxiety. A soggy planting season…

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is playing an outsized role in the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

Drone technology has moved at a quicker pace than the rules regulating their use, creating an environment that journalist Craig Whitlock likens to the Wild West.

Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease. For some reason, rates of asthma keep going up every year. Researchers have been looking at the causes for this increase, which has been found to be much higher in the industrialized world. Everything from exposure to dust mites and cockroaches to diet has been implicated. Now, a new study from the New England Journal of Medicine concludes that there might be another cause: too much cleanliness. The more sterile the early environment for infants six months and younger, the more problems with asthma they seem to have later in life. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports.

Morning Edition's week long series on child care continues today with a report on what new studies in brain development mean for parents and child care providers. Kathyrn Baron of member station KQED reports on the importance of providing children with stable, challenging environments. Experts say development from birth to age five lays the foundation for how well a child learns and grows. But few childcare centers are able to provide the enrichment children need at a price most parents can afford. (