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Lawmakers had to be called back to the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield to override the governor's veto and pass a budget deal with bipartisan support.

Illinois Lawmakers Override Governor, Pass Budget For 1st Time In 2 Years

Unpaid bills have been piling up in Illinois since 2015. A deal that included a tax hike was vetoed by Gov. Bruce Rauner this week. Then a powdery substance at the Capitol caused even more delays.

DeWine To Lift COVID Health Orders On June 2, Announces $1 Million Prizes

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced that all health orders for COVID-19 will be lifted on June 2 except for orders concerning nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

You’d be forgiven for assuming that Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet would top the Billboard albums chart in its first week of eligibility.

Sabrina Carpenter has the No. 1 album — and 3 of the week’s top 5 songs

Sabrina Carpenter was expected to have a massive week. Still, her journey to the top of the album charts was fraught right up to its final moments, as she fended off a furious challenge from rapper Travis Scott.

Mayor Ginther Proposes $1 Billion Infrastructure Budget

Mayor Andrew Ginther wants to spend more than a billion dollars on infrastructure projects in 2018. Ginther, who unveiled the proposed capital improvement…

South African actress Khanyi Mbau, one of the stars of Netflix's new original reality show set in Africa, <em>Young, Famous & African. </em>

Opinion: 5 Things I'd change about Netflix's 'Young, Famous & African'

If Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor could have a hand in creating another season of the reality show, he'd ditch the 'Real Housewives' drama and get the cast to talk about COVID vaccines.

Automated semi-truck technology is being tested on I-70 between Indianapolis and Columbus. The trucks are hauling cargo for EASE Logistics.

An automated semi-truck is being tested on I-70. Can it survive Midwestern weather?

The Indiana and Ohio Departments of Transportation are testing an autonomous semi truck on Interstate 70 to see how well it works with the changing weather in the Midwest.

color image of a portrait of Mozart in which he wears a bright red coat

Mozart Minute: The Punchline of Mozart's "Paris" Symphony

Mozart wrote the opening chords of his so-called "Paris" Symphony (Symphony No. 31) specifically to pander to French expectations, which is not to say to…

Weekly Reporter Roundtable: The corruption trial of two former FirstEnergy executives

Former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and former lobbyist Michael Dowling are accused of bribing a top utility regulator.

After years of feeling shame about their gender identity, Ian Morton says they turned to conceptual self-portraiture as a way to understand pride.

I Was Told To Hide My Gender Nonconformity. My Photography Helped Me Break Free

When a therapist asked what pride means to them, non-conforming/nonbinary photographer Ian Morton didn't know what to say. They turned to photography to help find an answer.

An iceberg floats off the coast of Illulisat, Greenland. Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting rapidly, and the risks of drastic melting increase as the Earth heats up. The melting of Greenland's ice sheet is the second-largest contributor to global sea-level rise. (The largest contributor is water expanding as it warms.)

Countries agreed to try to hold global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Is that still possible?

In the 2015 Paris Agreement, most countries agreed to try hard to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Delay and inaction mean that goal is becoming harder to achieve by the day.

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