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Advocates for early intervention programs are calling on the state to increase funding by $60 million to stabilize the system and help stem an ongoing “exodus of providers.” Atmika Iyer reports from the Medill Illinois News Bureau (Northwestern Medill): loom.ly/BEf_H7Q

Families, providers of early intervention seek $60 million in new state funding, reports Atmika Iyer Journal-Courier. myjournalcourier.com/news/article/i…

Advocates are asking the governor for a $100 million state funding increase to address homelessness. Medill Illinois News Bureau (@MedillNU) reports. loom.ly/HHRcvyU

“We need prolonged, regular public investments in affordable housing and ending homelessness,” Housing Action's Bob Palmer tells Atmika Iyer, reporting for Capitol News Illinois. That's why we're uniting hundreds of organizations in calling for more state funding to end homelessness.

For two decades, Dave Joens led the Illinois State Archives. The job was a natural fit, said Joens, who’s been interested in history since reading Abraham Lincoln biographies as a child in Springfield. Atmika Iyer reports for Northwestern Medill. loom.ly/6Zo9yG8

Watch out Washington, DC. A new group of reporters for Medill News Service has arrived. Thanks for giving these Northwestern Medill graduate students a Capitol tour Brennan Leach! Thank you Sen. Lisa Murkowski! Ismael M. Belkoura Khaleel Rahman Ashley N. Soriano Athan Yanos Atmika Iyer Erin Drumm

The first published stories of the quarter for Northwestern Medill's Washington DC cohort in politics policy and foreign affairs specialization. Congratulations Atmika Iyer and Amalia Huot-Marchand! Medill News Service upi.com/Top_News/US/20… upi.com/Top_News/US/20…

My latest for The Fulcrum

“When everything else fails, we come to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court and ask for fairness, we come and ask for justice…” Adriano Espaillat 👉🏽 latinonewsnetwork.com/democracy/prot… - #birthright #citizenship #ImmigrationPolicy #WashingtonDC

Scammers have long targeted immigrant communities in the U.S. However, federal law enforcement has seen a recent surge. Scammers pretending to be embassies or other foreign officials have been increasing in frequency. Read more: loom.ly/XWK7_2M #thefulcrum