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Nov 30, 2021
Romeo Solano
Hometown: Guatemala City, Guatemala (Currently in Illinois) Undergraduate Institution and Major: Universidad Internacional de Las Américas, Costa Rica...
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Nov 16, 2021
Will Congress give a tax break to local news organizations?
Photo by Sam McGhee on Unsplash.com With President Joe Biden on Monday signed a $1 trillion bill to fix roads, bridges, water systems and...
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Nov 11, 2021
Hiring issues continue as unemployment rate drops
A U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report found 201,000 Illinoisans left their jobs in August alone. But here in Sangamon County, the unemployment rate went...
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Nov 09, 2021
November Public Affairs Minute - Civility
"Sometimes a minute is not enough" That seems to be the case to describe, assess or correct our current state of public and political affairs in this...
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Nov 04, 2021
Mission Control: Misinformation
Photo by camilo jimenez on Unsplash Misinformation has cost us all a lot of time and is increasingly costing us more. Two major issues,...
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Oct 14, 2021
Local economy getting better but still a long way to go
The U.S. economy is getting better, but at a slow rate. A local economist said there is still a way to go before we’re back to pre-pandemic levels....