AM 580 News Feature Archives
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 October
thru December 2002
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AM 580's Jim Meadows reports on Governor Ryan's surprise announcement at the UI College of Law that he was pardoning three men once sentenced to death (12/20/02)
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AM 580's Dave Dickey reports a task force of community leaders from around Decatur has issued a plan to combat the school district's 40-percent dropout rate (11/20/02)
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AM 580's Jim Meadows interviews outgoing University of Illinois Trustee Susan
Gravenhorst, who has confronted issues ranging from budget woes to Chief Illiniwek (11/15/02)
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AM 580's Tom Rogers reports that the high-spending Illinois 4th District Supreme Court race put regulations on fundraising and political speech to the test (10/30/02)
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AM 580's Ali Kawa covered the Indiana 8th Congressional District campaign between Democrat Bryan Hartke and incumbent Republican John
Hostettler, where two atypical issues arose (10/31/02)
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AM 580's Jim Meadows reports on two referenda on the ballot asking voters to approve a new nursing home facility in Champaign County and new operations funding (10/30/02)
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AM 580's Dave Dickey reports on the Illinois 103rd House District, where candidates had been fighting a war of words that grew increasingly negative (10/30/02)
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AM 580's Ali Kawa talks with Republican Bill Black, who ran for reelection to the State House as he struggled with the decision of whether to run for the top seat in his home town (10/23/02)
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AM 580's Dave Dickey profiles the race for Champaign County clerk between Democrat Paul Faraci and Republican incumbent Mark Shelden (10/22/02)
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Illinois Governor Candidate Profiles
Illinois Public Radio's Bill Wheelhouse and Sean Crawford profile the stands of Rod Blagojevich and Jim Ryan on four major issues:
business and
labor
education
health care
the ailing state budget
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AM 580's Jim Meadows recaps a WILL-TV forum between Democratic Senator Dick Durbin and Republican State Representative Jim Durkin, who talk foreign policy, the budget and other issues (10/14/02)
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AM 580's Ali Kawa reports as hundreds of people from across the nation converged on the small southeast Illinois town of Olney to celebrate its symbol -- the albino squirrel (10/14/02)
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AM 580's Tom Rogers talks to U of I speech and political science professor Scott
Althaus, who suggests that not long after September 11, people's consumption of television news and newspapers continued their decline (10/9/02)
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AM 580's Dave Dickey talks to Champaign County Board members on two sides of the debate over balancing a tight county budget (10/8/02)
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The number of birds that have died due to West Nile virus is unknown, but scientists are raising concerns that the virus may have taken a substantial toll on their numbers. AM 580’s Jim Meadows reports
(9/20/02)
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A plan projects a more than $60 million dollar cost to bring the 39-year old Assembly Hall up to par with other Big Ten stadiums. UI spokeswoman Robin Kaler discusses the plan with AM 580's Dave Dickey (9/13/02)
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AM 580's Ali Kawa speaks to Illini Prairie Chapter president Barbara Payne about the local and national charities, the controversy over distributing donations to 9/11 victims, and how the American Red Cross is bouncing back (9/11/02)
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