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Farm programs will likely cost the government less under any new farm bill, but the policy could be bad for the environment. Both House and Senate versions would end a big subsidy, called direct payments, that has paid money to land owners — whether they needed it or not — if they complied with certain conservation regulations. The two chambers' versions of the bill differ on how, or even if, to incent farmers to take care of their land. But both versions would stop funding to keep at least five million acres of land out of production.

K2. Spice. Black Mamba. Research chemicals. Potpourri. New psychoactive substances.The drug that grabbed Alejandro and wouldn’t let go has many names.…

Contract tracing has been around since at least the early 20th century and it remains one of health care's most critical infectious disease…

Travis Wilson can make being an EMT sound like the coolest gig in the world.“It’s not like anything else in the field of medicine,” Wilson said. “It’s…

Friday is the last day Bill Wasson reports to work after a nearly 34-year run in McLean County government, where he spent the last eight as its top…

The poverty rate has inched slightly lower in Illinois but still remains well above the rate that existed before the Great Recession began in 2008.Updated…

The fields bend the hairs, and that generates a nerve signal, scientists say.

Housing Starts In Normal Are At The Edges Of Town

The pitch goes all-in on workforce development and imagines a mobile-first platform for student borrowers. It's part of a proposal to restructure federal government. Congress would have to approve.

Counselors in the field of substance abuse rehabilitation earn roughly $40,000 a year, surveys show, and the work can be emotionally draining. Employee turnover is high, and likely to get worse.