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The Peoria County Election Commission no longer will apply prepaid return postage on its vote-by-mail ballots. NAACP Peoria president Marvin Hightower says that move could present a hardship for some voters.
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Heated moments cropped up during the public comment portion of the meeting on another issue: the district's social-emotional learning programs, and in particular, the ELITE Game Changers program.
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Peoria NAACP president Marvin Hightower says not enough has been done to curb police violence against Black men since the murder of George Floyd one year ago.
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The president of Peoria's chapter of the NAACP hopes the murder conviction in the death of George Floyd represents a turning point for equal justice and…
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The Peoria NAACP and Illinois State Police District 8 have adopted a set of shared principles aimed at improving the relationship between local law…
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Illinois civil rights leaders say they're deeply concerned about displays of antisemitism at this past weekend's protests against Governor J.B. Pritzker's…
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Peoria NAACP president Marvin Hightower is lobbying for an expanded COVID-19 testing site in the East Bluff, South Side, or central Peoria.Hightower, who…