Patient Rights Advocate claims local hospitals Carle, OSF are noncompliant; price data hard to find
Are our hospital prices complete? Watchdog weighs in
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Need help managing money? Use the Busey Bank Bridge
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Bridge Center on SW Adams is a ‘financial literacy lab’ looking to be beacon of hope in community banking. It emphasizes the little things that can make a difference — encouraging prudent practices and cautioning about how mountains of debt can be created from the molehills of credit cards, money orders and payday loans.
RODGER THAT: You’re either a Finch or ‘your’ a Ewell
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If we learned one thing from Jan. 6, 2021, it’s why they are not called the “Proud Men.” … I’m far less likely to be shot during a robbery or home invasion than during a heated debate over concealed carry. … If you “fact check” Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie” it comes back “Pants on fire.”
Nature Rambles: ‘Fluddle Stompers’ flock to unique puddle ponds
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If there is ample rain to create fluddles, many of the shorebirds {sandpipers, plovers, and their kin) will drop into these fleeting pools to feed during the day.
The Lion’s Den: Our children can feel difference between what’s good and bad
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Historic “Doll Tests” conducted by Dr. Kenneth and Mamie Clark in New York helped Americans realize disadvantages of segregation across the nation
New Graceland senior center here to help us live life together
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Graceland Center for Purposeful Living here to help older adults “Age with Vitality.” Check out the Life Together Center from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays
Gill: Contradictions in politicians’ trust in parents
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First, many conservative politicians and public authorities do not trust parents to make appropriate decisions for their children concerning medical care. Second, they are all too willing to listen to parents who not only want to restrict their own children from exposure to certain library materials, but who also want to make these decisions for everyone else’s children.
Crisis in child care: How can we leave these kids behind?
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Crisis in affordable child care could get way worse next month with the end of federal pandemic aid for child-care centers and parents
Baby steps: Here’s what we can do to make child care more available, affordable
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Peoria County has the capacity to meet families’ child-care needs, according to a report from Birth To Five Illinois, a group launched by the state and the Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
Inland Art: ‘Synthetic Being’ — petri dishes of paint
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‘Synthetic Being’ by Vera Scekic spread through Contemporary Art Center recently with moderately sized paintings, full of forms reminiscent of petri dishes repeating across colored surfaces, recalling the ringed expressions of laboratory tables.