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Left: Democrat Olaleye Onikuyide, 28, is running for state representative in Connecticut. Right: Republican Lukas Schubert, 21, is campaigning for reelection as a state representative in Montana. Both candidates are focusing on a lack of affordable housing in their states.
Raquel C. Zaldívar and Sarah Mosquera for NPR
Gen Z is 'in the thick' of high housing costs. These candidates aim to solve it
Jennifer Ludden
Young candidates who rent or live with parents say their generation is "in the thick" of the country's housing affordability crisis. They argue this gives them new energy to solve it for everyone.
Kevin Haas opens the Oscar Aydin show tonight from Rockford's Music Box
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Newsman by day, comic by night. Kevin Haas to perform standup comedy in Rockford tonight
Jason Cregier
Slot machines light up the front window of a bar in Golconda, Illinois.
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Illinois regulators move to bring video gambling under self-exclusion program
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  4. Concerts on the Creek Presents: Uplifting Sacred and Secular Songs by Denny Diamond, Chip Messiner, and Trinadora (Janel Nelson, and Ron Holm)
  5. Northwestern Illinois Area Agency on Aging to Host Caregiver Pop-up Senior Fair
  6. PAG to Perform 'Harvey'
  7. Watercolor Workshop
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