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Bill Knight: Our country is caught in a numbers crunch

BILL KNIGHT

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.

Medicaid expansion helps more women

For those who consider access to safe, legal abortion a basic human right, there was a sense of justice when Gov. Bruce Rauner defied many in his base and signed House Bill 40 into law. The legislation, effective Jan. 1,…

Central Illinoisans fear “repeal & replace” 

BY CLARE HOWARD Amber Pawula-Marcin speaks in a quiet voice, with a gentle smile, but her story roars out against the mantra “repeal and replace.” She has watched, listened and read as Congress spent millions of dollars on largely symbolic…