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Taylorville Republican Rodney Davis has co-sponsored the Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act, a student loan re-payment plan that lets employes offer recent college graduates a tax-free benefit of just over $5-thousand. The funds can also be used for continuing education with current workers.
Champaign police have apprehended two suspects following an alleged attempted armed carjacking followed by a standoff lasting several hours Friday morning on the city’s northwest side. The incident ended peacefully, and without injury.
The Urbana Free Library is launching a vinyl record collection, in response to the interest in vinyl recordings that has persists, despite the dominance of digital formats.
Greytak says Illinois ranks fourth in the U.S. on total spending on state Supreme Court elections.
It’s the time of the year when department stores stock their shelves with different outfits for Halloween, including costumes of other cultures. Sexy Geisha, Hey Amigo Mexican man and replicas of Native American headdresses are some real life examples of cultural costumes and they can be found on various Halloween websites.
Cultural costumes have led to a controversial dilemma over whether or not they are racist, sexist and perpetuate cultural appropriation.
