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On today's episode, a physics professor at Illinois State University says it's time for the presidential candidates to talk nuclear policy, ISU hosts a film series and speaker series to provide historical context to this year's election, plus a new volleyball club in Bloomington-Normal caters to boys. 

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Libby Harness had been looking for opportunities.

Her teenage son, Shawn, wasn't interested in the sports teams offered at Normal Community West High School, but he was interested in playing volleyball.

Until recently, the options had been limited.

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There are few issues that animate conservatives these days more than immigration and voter integrity. Bring those two issues together, and you have a bill that a conservative lawmaker from central Illinois has proposed.

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On today's episode, a central Illinois lawmaker pushes wants to clamp down on noncitizens voting -- something he claims without evidence is a problem, Bloomington-Normal's south Asian community is energized by seeing more representation on the ballot, plus ISU hosts a talk on Latino identity, mental health and youth literature.  

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For the first installment of Illinois State University’s [ISU] 2024 Hispanic Heritage Month Conversando Entre Nosotros series, Ph.D. candidate Edcel Cintron-Gonzalez will share how the Latino identity and mental health intersect in child and adolescent literature. It will take place Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 4 p.m. in room 314 of Williams Hall.

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On today's episode, a Bloomington church moves out of downtown into a big new home with big dreams to help even families more in need, a ceremony in Bloomington honors those who died in the Revolutionary War, and a three-thousand year old tradition returns to downtown Bloomington.

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The 15th annual Festival of Joy is returning to Bloomington-Normal this weekend. From culture to cuisine, the community will experience a taste of Indian culture in their own backyard.

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A plaque commemorating 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence is coming to Bloomington.

The Daughters of the American Revolution [DAR] "America 250" bronze marker will be unveiled at 1:30 p.m. Saturday on the grounds of the McLean County Museum of History. It consists of a granite slab with dedication to those who sacrificed in the name of the American Revolution, as well as a marker underneath with the names of the 16 people in that category buried in McLean County.

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Illinois State University President Aondover Tarhule gives his state of the university speech.

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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting should require repayments and reduce grant funding to WTVP to the tune of $198,663 after the station overreported its financial support by more than a million dollars. That's one of the recommendations of the CPB's inspector general in an exhaustive 83-page audit of the station released Monday. Tim Shelley reports.

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