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The Daily Egyptian
Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian
Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian
Governor JB Pritzker speaks to community members on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 inside Paul Simon Public Policy Institute during a meet and greet with legislatures.

SIU and government: A history of SIU’s relationship with state and national legislature

By Danny Connolly, Staff Reporter
April 25, 2021
Yingxue Zuo standing next to one of his paintings during his exhibit at the SIU University Museum on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019

SIU graduate displays recent political work ‘The Voice’ at University Museum

By Jacob Lorenz, Staff Reporter
September 5, 2019
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Rauner hits Pritzker with Blagojevich wiretap ad, Pritzker responds with veterans’ deaths spot

By Rick Pearson | Chicago Tribune
January 11, 2018
Los Angeles Harbor College student Brenda Soriano, second from right, and her mother Edilbertha Martinez, left, participate in a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals, or DACA program in Los Angeles on September 5, 2017. Brenda and her sister Diana Martinez are in the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals, or DACA program. The Soriano family are originally from Oaxaca, Mexico. Diana is studying to be an aerospace engineer and Brenda is studying to be a journalist. The girls came illegally to the U.S. at ages 3 and 7 in the back of a van through Tijuana. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Young immigrants could find pathway to citizenship in DACA resolution, Blunt says

By Chuck Raasch | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 8, 2017
Hours before Tuesday's deadline, Congress and the White House had yet to begin serious negotiations over next year's budget, threatening a government shutdown that could delay Social Security payments, shutter national parks, museums and monuments and furlough hundreds of thousands of employees, Sept. 30, 2013. The Senate flatly rejected a House of Representatives proposal to keep the government funded through Dec. 15 but delay implementation of the contentious federal health care law. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood addresses tax reform, NAFTA status and the national opioid crisis

By Jared DuBach | Canton Daily Ledger
October 19, 2017
A poster hangs outside the pavilion at Gaia House on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, during a vigil held for DACA students. (Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena)

University administration is not being supportive, DACA students say

By Marnie Leonard
September 7, 2017
President Donald Trump joins in clapping as he basks in the applause at a Make America Great Again rally at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio, on July 25, 2017.

Trump ends DACA: ‘I can’t hide,’ SIU undocumented students say

By Francois Gatimu
September 5, 2017
A police sharpshooter keeps an eye on protesters along W. Florissant Avenue on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)

Trump ending restrictions on grants of military gear to local police

By Joseph Tanfani | Tribune Washington Bureau
August 28, 2017
Daily Egyptian file photo

Colwell to interview Tuesday on campus for permanent chancellor spot

By Luke Nozicka
April 25, 2017
Protesters gathered at the office of Republican Rep. Mike Bost on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, to demand he support the Affordable Care Act. Bost twice voted to repeal the act while former President Barack Obama was in office and has said he supports an alternative approach to providing health care for Americans. (Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill)

Does GOP’s stumble open a new path to universal health care?

By Andrew Breiner | CQ-Roll Call
April 6, 2017
Donald Trump speaks on October 26, 2016, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Trump administration faces multiple threats as it seeks to investigate itself

By Cathleen Decker | Los Angeles Times
March 6, 2017
Watercolor illustration of the women's symbol (Abbey La Tour | @LaTourAbbey)

Advocates fear women would lose care if ACA is repealed

By Michelle Merlin | The Morning Call
March 6, 2017
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