Exhibit at Peoria Riverfront Museum kindles appreciation and an imminent sense of warmth with a wide variety of heartwarming pieces
Review: Take necessary solace with ‘Solitude: The Necessity of Art’
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Official contacts
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Get involved. Call your Congressman, write a Senator, email your Governor. Here’s how to get in touch with them.
HERE’S TO OUR HEALTH: Heartland Health Services weathering the storms from funding cuts in Washington
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In Peoria, Heartland Health Services provides care for about 22,000 patients a year at its 10 locations. That translates to about 260 patient visits each day. Nationwide, recent changes at the federal level mean some centers could face cuts, difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff, or even closing — leaving patients in need to do without or to turn to hospital emergency rooms for critical care.
HERE’S TO OUR HEALTH: Health care needs most bipartisan approach
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Ray LaHood, Cheri Bustos and Bob Dold promote bipartisanship as they disuss the shutdown and the politics of what’s at state for the state of health care in America at “The Importance of Bipartisanship” panel discussion sponsored by the Dirksen Congressional Center at Bradley University
Peoria Party: Expedition organized in River City blazed the Oregon Trail
by Tim Shelley Peoria County Communications Coordinator • • 0 Comments
Peoria County Bicentennial includes remarkable rendez-vous on the Illinois River and a wild excursion to the Northwest
No Kings need come to the table, history is watching
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We all have a lot more in common than we don’t. Perhaps the most diplomatic replies at the protest were, “Maybe (Trump) has some good ideas, but the way he does things is wrong” and “I can respect this. This is how protests should be done. … I don’t agree with this protest, but I can’t be mad about it here.”
News analysis: We have the ‘right to vote,’ right?
by Bill Knight • • 1 Comment
Landmark Voting Rights Act is already on life support; will Supreme Court pull plug? Gutting guardrails on redistricting, new voter IDs, jeopardizing mail-in ballots, questioning voter machine, federal data grab nagging at our right
WCBU: Enthusiastic support for new riverfront amphitheater
by Joe Deacon of WCBU, Peoria Public Radio • • 0 Comments
Hengst Foundation gift will boost $11M Peoria project for proposed Dee Hengst Amphitheater that was once planned for Washington
Peoria County Bicentennial: Lincoln-Douglas debate played big part in Peoria
by Tim Shelley Peoria County Communications Coordinator • • 0 Comments
The courthouse clash between the two in their series of debates has shaped the way they are viewed today
Five questions for Frank’s family franchise
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Long-time restauranteur Frank Abnour says his secret recipe is ‘all about love’ plus these five things