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Isabella Schoonover

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I am a recent MSJ graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where I've written broadly about business, health, the environment, state government and solutions.

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Social Security rescinding its plan to end phone-based filing called a win for Illinois seniors

Social Security rescinding its plan to end phone-based filing called a win for Illinois seniors

AARP Illinois celebrates the SSA's decision to keep phone-based filing, urging lawmakers to protect Social Se…

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What Trump's cuts to federal climate research could mean for Illinois

What Trump's cuts to federal climate research could mean for Illinois

Trump halts national climate report, prompting concern from Illinois scientists and lawmakers advancing state…

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Senate passes bill requiring Illinois libraries to supply opioid overdose medication

Senate passes bill requiring Illinois libraries to supply opioid overdose medication

Illinois libraries may soon stock opioid overdose meds and train staff under a student-inspired new bill.

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Bill to repeal licensure requirements for hair braiders stalls in the House. Here's why.

Bill to repeal licensure requirements for hair braiders stalls in the House. Here's why.

A bill to repeal licensing for Illinois hair braiders stalled amid debate over health, safety, and profession…

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Intoxicating hemp remains unregulated in Illinois following legislative inaction

Intoxicating hemp remains unregulated in Illinois following legislative inaction

Regulatory attempts have failed despite Pritzker’s backing, although feds could intervene

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Puerto Rico helped fuel America's corn boom. Some locals see an unfair arrangement. - Investigate...

Puerto Rico helped fuel America's corn boom. Some locals see an unfair arrangement. - Investigate...

More than a third of the world's corn supply comes from America's Corn Belt, a region of sprawling grain fiel…

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Puerto Rico helped fuel America’s corn boom. Some locals see an unfair arrangement.

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By Isabella Schoonover
| Investigate Midwest Verified
More than a third of the world’s corn supply comes from America’s Corn Belt, a region of sprawling grain fields stretching from Nebraska to Ohio. But most of the seed varieties planted in those midwestern fields were first tested and researched in Puerto Rico, the small Caribbean island that has sacrificed much of its own agricultural resources to meet the growing needs of major U.S. crop producers.
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Intoxicating hemp remains unregulated in Illinois following legislative inaction

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By Isabella Schoonover, Simon Carr
| WSIU-TV (Carbondale, IL)
RUSHVILLE, Ill. — Justin and Anna Ward of Stoney Branch Farms were anxiously awaiting action on legislation to regulate intoxicating hemp products this spring in Illinois, which would have determined the future of their family-run hemp business in Rushville. But it never came. Hemp farming has been legal and regulated in Illinois since 2018, when lawmakers passed the Industrial Hemp Act following federal action that legalized hemp production.
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Intoxicating hemp remains unregulated in Illinois following legislative inaction

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By Isabella Schoonover, Simon Carr
| Capitol News Illinois Verified
Article Summary Industrial hemp production was legalized in the U.S. and in Illinois in 2018. The industry was largely expected to produce items like industrial textiles and non-intoxicating CBD products. Since then, a legal “gray area” has allowed for hemp to be used in the production of unregulated, intoxicating and synthetic THC products. Stakeholders including the governor say this undercuts the state’s legal cannabis market and puts consumers at risk.
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