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Newsbriefs
Trump administration looking to drill in protected offshore areas
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Targeted areas include sites along the coasts of California and Alaska, plus the Atlantic seaboard (excluding Florida)
The Watch: Peoria County insists on new landfill; Salvation Army gets grant
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Does new Dunlap High School facility need a pool? Sanitary District sees increase in past due bills; League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings
LABOR! Caterpillar plant in Mexico draws complaint
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WIU lays off about 1/4 of unionized faculty; AFL-CIO president slams GOP anti-worker ticket; U of I nurses vote to strike; Deere layoffs ‘kill good American jobs’
Labor roundup: Area loses ‘Lion of Labor’
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Steamfitter Local 353’s Larry Dawson was 81; strikers settle with Illinois American Water; AFL-CIO endorses Harris for president
ARTS ALERTS: Meanwhile, why can’t we see these films?
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Controversial ‘The Apprentice’ about Donald Trump and Roy Cohn; “Green Border” on the crisis of immigrating refugees; and “The Smell of Money” about Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in North Carolina are being held from theaters
The Watch: American Rescue Plan funds, racial justice are on the dockets
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League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings.
West Peoria News: Our beautiful trees are more than just scenery
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Peoria Garden Club celebrating 100th anniversary; Peoria Rugby Club helping start a program in West Peoria; Troop 11 Ice Cream Social this month
The Watch: Shoveling in full swing so watch the speed
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Peoria County helps move Vets Assistance Commission; Election Commission looking to buy it’s building. League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings.
Environmental news & notes
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States scrambling to protect wetlands; enormous health risks at factory farms; renewing flood insurance new dilemma