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Arts Alerts: Screens
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“Four Seasons” is a star-studded series about three couples on Netflix. “Thunderbolts” might be Marvel mimicking DC’s “Suicide Squad,” but its cast and transitional place in the MCU makes for eccentric anti-heroes; “Hummingbirds of Hollywood” is an episode of “Nature” on PBS, focusing on a woman who cares for injured hummingbirds in the heart of Hollywood
‘Rivers and Watersheds’ this year’s theme for Sun Foundation Clean Water Celebration
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32nd annual interactive event scheduled from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday, April 28 at the Peoria Civic Center is for students grades 4-12 and their teachers and the community as a whole
Bill Knight: ‘Other’ migration has actually not been out of Illinois, but in
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Revised data shows that’s there’s actually been an increase in population in the state despite what ‘conservatives’ tell you. The population in Illinois has been stable. In fact, 200,000 taxpayers have been added in the last decade
Bill Knight: Our country is caught in a numbers crunch
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With markets in flux (which is a huge understatement these three weeks since press time), polling flies in face of some ‘mandate’ concocted by those who are in power now. The American people aren’t the ones who are unhinged.
Bill Knight: Here’s to our absent friends, better times, and baseball
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To rekindle my love for the game before Major League Baseball starts March 18 with the Cubs playing the Dodgers in Tokyo, I’m re-reading some of the great comments about baseball that three late pals and I shared in 20 years of pilgrimages to Opening Day at Wrigley Field
House representatives decry ‘heartless and cruel administration’
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Congressional representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi and Nikki Budzinski, who both grew up in Peoria, spoke at the Itoo Hall on Presidents Day
Schools in Illinois could be affected by weakening Dept. of Eductation
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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
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