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Several men in U.S. Border Patrol uniforms stand on the roof of an immigration processing center in Broadview, Illinois on Oct. 9.
(Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Illinois
Immigration officials seek to justify use of force on Chicago-area protesters
Hannah Meisel
In hearing on crowd control tactics, officials say no agents have been disciplined
The University of Illinois Chicago is ending the consideration of race and other factors in several key areas. The Trump administration has called these considerations discriminatory but scholars dispute those claims.
Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
Illinois
University of Illinois Chicago drops race, gender as factors in financial aid and faculty hiring
Lisa Kurian Philip
Joe Adkins in front of his home in 2019 with one of the giant pumpkins he grew and then carved. Adkins' love of pumpkin-carving eventually led him to grow the giant gourds.
Mark Mourlas
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Good gourd! These Midwesterners are raising giant pumpkins that weigh as much as a car
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