The board approved exploring additional programming options, including mini-grants for the “hidden hungry,” specifically targeting working households with children.
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The Watch: Woodruff Career Center students represent at state-wide events
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Culinary Arts students place first at Illinois ProStart Invitational in Chicago for 10th straight year
Bill Knight: Religious freedom struggle continues
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USDA policy should not be manna for evangelicals, but federal employees, including one from the Ag Lab in Peoria, are suing Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins for promoting her religion in official documents
Xavier Jackson: Society lies in Mockingbird, ’84, and Flies
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These three masterpieces of modern literature — Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, George Orwell’s 1984, Williams Golding’s Lord of the Flies — are worth another read for us ‘civilized,’ otherwise 2 + 2 is going to equal 5
West Peoria News: Celebrate summer West Peoria way at Fourth of July Parade
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Fourth of July Parade cornerstone of our expanding community. Don’t forget Farmer’s Market and Food Trucks every Wednesday at Franciscan Center
Controlling AI
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Pope Leo, and lawmakers like state congresswoman Jehan Gordon-Booth sounding alarm on artificial intelligence before it’s too late
Emily Gill: American birthright is under attack
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The government’s case against automatic birthright citizenship stems from a narrow interpretation a Supreme Court case that militates against the inclusiveness that is supposed to be a hallmark of our values. Just as important is the chaos that would be unleashed by a decision supporting the administration.
Inland Art: Nativity
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Preston Jackson sculpture at Bradley Park illustrates striking natural history of our land
Attorney accused of voting twice in Peoria County
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Felony case for Thom A. Smith, who was a former Navy counsel, filed in Veterans Court
Bill Knight: First Amendment includes more than free press
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Bill Knight: First Amendment includes more than free press
U.S. increasingly losing GRASP of religious aspect. Explicit disrespect — like the makeup of MAGA’s Religious Liberty Commission — of “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …” goes beyond attacks on Muslims and the troubling resurgence of antisemitism.