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The Neighborhood Market in Rockford.
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A food bank in Rockford is seeing longer lines, federal workers at its Neighborhood Market
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In the midst of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, SNAP benefits are being used as political leverage. WNIJ's Jess Savage has the story of one program that hopes to fill the gap.
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Supreme Court allows Trump to prohibit gender election on passports
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Whether we like it or not, winter is coming. Steve Hill of the Rochelle Rail Riders embraces the cold by discussing snowmobiling culture in Illinois.
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