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Chillicothe notifies residents of elevated contaminants in water supply
Joe Deacon
Recent testing of the Chillicothe Community Water System detected concentrations of two PFAS compounds that significantly exceeded the potable groundwater quality standards.
Illinois Senate Republican Leader John Curran shakes hands with new state Party Chair Bob Grogan at a meeting of the Republican State Central Committee in Springfield on Aug. 20, 2026.
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State News
Amid Democratic scandals, Illinois Republicans hoping to flip legislative seats
Ben Szalinski
Ian Stamy, 38, a sixth-generation cash-crop soybean and grain farmer, walks into his field in Mechanicsburg, Pa., on Aug. 12. Stamy pivoted to soybeans and grain because he says dairy farming was no longer turning a profit.
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NPR News
The Iran war and tariffs are costing farmers. Will Republicans pay in November?
Scott Neuman, Michael Levitt
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