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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

IL: Oceans

Shoppers can help reduce plastic waste in the Great Lakes by skipping plastic. (noaa.gov)
Plastic Pollution Threatens Ecosystem in Great Lakes

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Advocates are hoping 2018 is a year of better water quality in the Great Lakes and oceans. Carolyn Box, the Science …

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PHOTO: The documentary film Blackfish about Tilikum, the now infamous orca responsible for three deaths while in captivity opens today. Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
Blackfish Documentary Raises Questions About Killer Whales in Captivity

CHICAGO – Should killer whales be kept in captivity and made to perform tricks for humans? That's a question raised in the documentary "Blackf…

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Buying Sustainable Fish in IL: It's Complicated

CHICAGO - The law that has helped rebuild depleted ocean fish populations turns 35 today. While the Magnuson-Stevens Act ended foreign overfishing …

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Environmentalists: BP Oil Spill Response "Absolutely Ridiculous"

CHICAGO - As Congressional hearings opened today into the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, some are calling for a halt to other planned drilling …

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Report: BP Can’t Be Singled Out

As the costs of Gulf Coast cleanup efforts from the BP oil spill continue to rise, a new report examines the industry as a whole, in terms of safety …

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Environmental Health Risks: Not Just Cancer

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A recent report delivered to President Obama by a special panel appointed by President Bush warned that the risk of cancer from …

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Asian Carp Threaten Aquatic Life in Lake Michigan

CHICAGO - The recent discovery of DNA from Asian carp just seven miles south of Lake Michigan has scientists, federal officials and conservation …

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