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Illinois Spring Turkey Hunters Harvest Record Number Of Wild Turkeys

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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois turkey hunters harvested a preliminary record total of 18,189 wild turkeys during the 2025 spring turkey season. This year’s total compares with the previous record total of 17,208 turkeys harvested in 2024. The top five counties for harvest in 2025 were Jo Daviess, 628; Jefferson, 518; Pike, 468; Marion, 428; and Pope, 425. The 2025 total includes the record youth spring turkey season harvest of 2,099 birds, which compares with the previous record of 2,010 birds set in 2024. This year 89,687 permits were sold compared to 86,083 last year. Spring turkey hunting was open in 100 of Illinois’ 102 counties. The 2025 regular season dates were April 7 through May 8 in the south zone and April 14 through May 15 in the north zone. The 2025 youth spring turkey season was March 29-30 and April 5-6 statewide. County 2025 2024 Adams 350 324 Alexander 183 189 Bond 176 145 Boone 72 94 Brown

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Fabulous Fox presents new twist on Romeo & Juliet

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“& Juliet” is an Elixir of Joy and an Evening of Fun by Pat Lindsey                                  The Fabulous Fox is ending its 2024-25 season with all the glitz, energy, and spectacular color of all the other shows combined in ‘& Juliet.’ It’s pure fun guaranteed to lift spirits and put everyone in a good […]

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Edwardsville Aldermen Approve Grocery Sales Tax, Avoiding Revenue Loss

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EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville is the latest Riverbend community to establish its own 1% sales tax on groceries to offset major revenue loss as the state’s grocery tax expires. City Council members on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance implementing a city-wide Municipal Grocery Retailer’s Occupation Tax and a Municipal Grocery Service Occupation Tax. These taxes will take effect starting on Jan. 1, 2026. The Illinois General Assembly voted last year to eliminate the state’s 1% sales tax on groceries, from which 100% of the proceeds went to local municipalities. They later passed a law allowing municipalities to impose their own 1% sales taxes on groceries, but only if they also adopt an equal 1% sales tax on grocery “services.” According to Tuesday’s meeting documents, city staff estimate the elimination of the 1% grocery sales tax would amount to a loss of over $1.2 million from the city’s General Fund. This grocery tax also accounts

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Trump administration violated order in deportations to South Sudan, judge says

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WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Boston Wednesday found the Trump administration violated his preliminary injunction barring third-country removals of migrants without due process, after immigration lawyers say their clients were placed on deportation flights to South Sudan. “It was impossible for these people to have a meaningful opportunity to object to their transfer to […]
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Alton High Schooler Named Boys and Girls Club State of Illinois Youth of the Year

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ALTON - A local high schooler has been named the Boys and Girls Club State of Illinois Youth of the Year. Isaiah Stueckel was recognized during the Alton Community Unit School District #11 Board of Education meeting on May 20, 2025, for his accomplishments. Al Womack, a Board of Education member and director of the Alton Boys and Girls Club, introduced Stueckel as “an outstanding young man.” “I’ve been at the Boys and Girls Club for over a decade now, 12 years, and it’s really just changed my life,” Stueckel said. Womack explained that Stueckel came to the Boys and Girls Club as a “hesitant, shy, quiet” 6-year-old. At 18, Stueckel now has “a vision for his future” and has made waves as an impressive student at Alton High School and beyond. Stueckel shared that he used to be impatient and angry as a child, and the Boys and Girls Club helped him “dull that down” and ignite new interests. He pointed to th

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The U.S. Copyright Office’s Draft Report On AI Training Errs On Fair Use

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Within the next decade, generative AI could join computers and electricity as one of the most transformational technologies in history, with all of the promise and peril that implies. Governments’ responses to GenAI—including new legal precedents—need to thoughtfully address real-world harms without destroying the public benefits GenAI can offer. Unfortunately, the U.S. Copyright Office’s rushed draft report on AI […]
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