The Department of Education has about 4,000 employees, helping students with special needs and children from low-income households, plus managing student loans and collecting and distributing research on learning, teaching and testing
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Voter turnout can be key, but it’s often disappointing
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United States sagging in middle of the pack as far as participation in the electoral process: Peoria County has about 135,265 people age-eligible to vote, and since the Peoria Election Commission reports 117,217 registered voters, more than 18,000 Peoria County adults are not even registered.
News analysis: Local media primary coverage decent, April 1 more challenging
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Years ago, election nights were “all hands on deck” in newsrooms. This week the Peoria Election Commission posted primary results at 8:34 p.m. Tuesday. WMBD-TV 31 posted a good story about the unofficial results 22 minutes later. Within hours, WEEK-TV 25 and WCBU-FM 89.9 filed stories on Mayor Rita Ali and John Kelly apparently getting the most votes
Trio of candidates on ballots for mayor in Peoria primary
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Consolidated Primary Election: a nonpartisan ballot containing City of Peoria races for Mayor, City Treasurer and City Council Dist. 2 and a Republican Primary ballot with partisan race for Township Assessor.
Moonlighting: Partnership at airport gift shop has helped adult learners for 10 years
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Proceeds from airport gift shop go to the Moonlight Coalition for Adult Learning programs at Logan Recreation Center and Proctor Recreation Center. Originally established in 1994, Moonlight Coalition offers free tutoring and supplies, and covers the $144 testing fee for all students
How did the polls play out in Peoria?
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County turnout of 68.53% bettered national average with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris earning 40,509 votes to Republican Donald Trump’s 36,866
SCREENS ‘Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on Brink’
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The 99-minute documentary tracks hedge fund Alden Global Capital, which is buying newspapers and gutting them. Findings trigger actions across the country by journalists working at newspapers owned by the “vulture capitalists.” Plus more coming to your TV, computer and devices
Bill Knight What are you prepared to do?
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2025 might be the year challenges are too dire to just sit on sidelines. Many journalists hope to do journalism as long as we can. How hard or easy will that be during the next administration?
ArtsPartners announces award recipients
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Community Foundation of Central Illinois, Kidder Music honored; Humanities Center in Elmwood earns Arts Dollars
Bill Knight: Government, please get to work on a new Farm Bill now
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Bill Knight: Government, please get to work on a new Farm Bill now
The bill’s temporary extension expired Sept. 30; its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ends Dec. 20. (Merry Christmas!); if nothing’s done, U.S. agriculture will revert to a pricing model from before the first Farm Bill, in 1933.