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- State budget crunch leads to 202 Ivy Tech layoffsby Carole Carlson on May 31, 2025 at 3:18 am
State cutbacks and state-frozen tuition rates led to the layoffs of 202 Ivy Tech Community College employees, President Sue Ellsperman said Friday. The cost-cutting amounted to $54 million to resolve the shortfall, she said.
- Here’s who wrote a letter of support for former House Speaker Michael Madiganby Chicago Tribune on May 31, 2025 at 2:35 am
Ahead of his scheduled sentencing in two weeks, attorneys for Michael Madigan on Friday submitted more than 200 letters of support for the former speaker of the Illinois House.
- Democrats propose tax hikes on cigarettes, vaping and gambling to balance $55B budgetby Dan Petrella, Jeremy Gorner, Olivia Olander, Addison Wright on May 31, 2025 at 2:17 am
Heeding Gov. JB Pritzker's warning that he would veto a plan that relied on increases to the state's sales or income taxes, legislators instead produced a package that raised so-called sin taxes.
- What is a ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’ and how was the US list of them made?by Valerie Gonzalez, Gisela Salomon on May 30, 2025 at 11:31 pm
The U.S. government’s list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” that includes hundreds of communities, both red and blue, is confounding critics.
- President Donald Trump teases potential pardon if Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is convictedby Brian Niemietz on May 30, 2025 at 11:16 pm
President Trump on Friday said he’d consider pardoning embattled rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, who’s currently on trial in the same Manhattan courtroom where Trump was found liable for sex abuse in 2023.
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- CDC recommends parents talk to a doctor about getting COVID-19 shots for kidsby Pien Huang on May 31, 2025 at 12:38 am
RFK Jr. announced this week that the federal government is removing the recommendation that kids and pregnant women get routine COVID-19 vaccines. But CDC advice is more nuanced.
- Ultramarathon runner breastfeeds her baby 3 times on her way to a surprise winby Bill Chappell on May 30, 2025 at 9:51 pm
The extreme sport of ultrarunning is known for seemingly impossible feats. But Stephanie Case's recent performance — six months after giving birth — is making waves far beyond the running community.
- Food for Gaza decays in Jordan warehouses as Israel restricts aidby Jane Arraf on May 30, 2025 at 9:01 pm
Food aid is moldering in warehouses in Jordan, the main hub for humanitarian aid to Gaza. Other foods and medicines are loaded on trucks that have waited for months at Israeli border crossings.
- PBS and Minnesota public TV station sue Trump White Houseby David Folkenflik on May 30, 2025 at 8:15 pm
PBS and Lakeland PBS in rural Minnesota are suing President Trump over his executive order demanding that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting kill all funding for the public television network.
- Remembering a Ballet Legend in Russia; a Monkey Census in Nepalby Charles Maynes on May 30, 2025 at 8:10 pm
Russians remember the longtime artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, who died recently. Yuri Grigorovich held the position for the last three decades of the Soviet Union and staged productions that were wildly popular at home and projected soft power overseas. And in Nepal, people have complained of monkey's stealing food from their property for years. Now, the government is holding its first-ever monkey census to understand exactly how bad the problem is.