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- Drop-In for LGBTQ+ Youth in Southern Illinois • Carbondale, 6:00 pm, Rainbow Cafe LGBTQ Center
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Fentanyl concerns in Iowa, Rock Island/Milan’s first female schools leader, Club Q shooter plea, more
Fentanyl seizures in Iowa up 105 percent in 2023: A new report on fentanyl seizures shows that the state of Iowa, plus eight counties along the Illinois/Wisconsin border, had among the nation's greatest increases this year in seizure of fentanyl, the highly potent...
10-year high in police killings, Iowa’s push to keep book ban, reclassifying cannabis, Illinois’ assault weapons ban, more
Today’s curated briefs link you to the best writings about a surge in police killings in 2023, the move to reclassify cannabis to Schedule III, Iowa’s push to keep its book ban, a battle brewing over crisis pregnancy centers, Illinois sheriffs and the state’s assault weapons ban, and more.
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