On today's episode, the second in a three-part series on how communities accomplish hard things, Illinois lawmakers want to bypass the Trump administration on health policy, plus the latest episode of McHistory details how much McLean County's leading industry has changed since the mid-20th century.

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Mifepristone, a drug used in medical abortion, has come under threat by the Trump administration in recent months. The widely used abortion bill is still legal. It survived a court challenge last year, but state Rep. Dagmara Avelar said she is concerned reproductive health care remains under attack.

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You should not expect any big transformational project to be straightforward. That's a takeaway from Part 2 of our series Hard Things about the heavy lifts and big dream efforts our society and community achieve.

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On today's episode, the first in a three-part series on how communities accomplish hard things, hospitals in Illinois could soon face tougher penalties for failing to protect sexual assault survivors after an investigation showed dozens of hospitals did just that plus high school athletes in Illinois have a new mental health advocate.

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How does society do hard things? Re-creating Uptown Normal took a quarter century and it's still not quite done. Downtown Bloomington revitalization has taken decades and is, just now, getting out of the starting gate. Efforts like the Bloomington Public Library expansion had several trial balloons unceremoniously pop before the project truly rose into the air.

It turns out these heavy lifts have a lot in common. In Part 1 of our series Hard Things, WGLT unpacks the generational project that brought faster passenger train service to Illinois.

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The Illinois High School Association [IHSA] has a new member of its Sports Medicine Advisory Committee.

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Lawmakers have strengthened Illinois’ longstanding sexual abuse survivors' law in an effort to ensure patients receive critical care after sexual assault.

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