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OP-ED: Ranked Choice Voting gives more power back to the electorate
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“Should the State of Illinois adopt ranked choice voting — a system which gives voters the opportunity to rank multiple choices in a process that ensures the winner has gained approval by the majority of voters, allows voters to vote their true preference, gets rid of the ‘spoiler effect,’ and encourages more positive campaigning — for statewide and federal elections.”
JUSTIN GLAWE: Who’s ready for civil war?
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Online hysteria spawned by conspiracy theory web feeds are creating ‘human political bombs’ among our friends and neighbors
WCBU: Protection in Peoria for Planned Parenthood
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Radio station there as Rep. Eric Sorenson joins area lawmakers at reopening of fire-bombed clinic
Labor roundup: UAW cries foul with Mercedes-Benz
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Union claims automaker interfered with vote; second Portillo’s, another Starbucks, unionize; doctors in Delaware file union paperwork
ARTS ALERTS: ‘Through a Feminine Lens’ this month at Foster Gallery; ‘Streets Belong to Me’ on July 3 at Glen Oak; ‘The Little Mermaid’ at Peoria Players; Corn Stock presents ‘Oliver’
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Nathan Taylor & Friends performing July 12 at Contemporary Art Center; Tres Rojas Winery featuring Barry Cloyd on on July 19; Dave Hoffman & Friends return to the CIJS stage at Trailside Event center on July 21; ‘Fragrance of Praise’ gospel show featuring Darius D. Darling and others, scheduled for July 26 at the 3300 Event Center.
ARTS ALERTS: Open mic plus Juneteenth Celebration at Contemporary Arts Center; blacksmithing at Wheels O’ Time and more this month
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Party at Tres Rojas; Stephen Still tribute at 3300 Event Center; Nitsch Theatre Arts presents “All Shook Up;” “Forbidden Broadway” at Eastlight; Chillicothe Players perform “Shrek Jr.”
OP-ED: Is Israel an apartheid state? Ask these Israelis
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The United Nations’ definition of Apartheid: any inhuman acts committed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group over any other racial group and systematically oppressing them.
OP-ED: Peoria Township rejects referendum to gauge support for U.S. aid to Israel
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Why would a group so confident in its ideological righteousness reject an opportunity to promote a critical examination of the truth?
Summer reading 2024: Everyone can join the party
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Peoria Public Library is hosting Adults Only Summer Reading Party to help get all ages into its program, and read