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The rate was 83% in 2025, a nearly 5 percentage point increase over the previous year.

There is a lot of controversy nowadays as to what school is right for you or your children. Making educational choices begins after your first child is born. Every state has their own set ...

The rate was 83% in 2025, a nearly 5 percentage point increase over the previous year. It was the highest since the state ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was found guilty of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud and sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison. What additional specific ethics reforms need to be enacted in ...

In my 35 years as a public librarian I can say with confidence that I have never heard anyone complain about funding a public library. Not the people who use a library, not the people who don’t.

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Mathematics, like many other scientific endeavors, is increasingly using artificial intelligence. Of course, math is the backbone of AI, but mathematicians are also turning to these tools for tasks ...

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One idle evening last October, Mehtaab Sawhney took up an old pastime. He began perusing the website erdosproblems.com, an updated record of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by the eccentric and ...