Trade Mission: Cuba
Agricultural products have for years been exempt from the U.S. embargo put in place in the '60s, but records show in 2008, Illinois exported $66 million in corn and soy to Cuba.
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The Lessons Learned From Salaita’s Incendiary Tweets
NPR talked with the professor whose job offer was rescinded at the University of Illinois over anti-Israel messages on Twitter.
EIU President Says Spring Semester Is Certain, Despite Rumors
A university spokesperson said a letter sent to campus by EIU President David Glassman is meant to quell rumors on social media that the state budget impasse might force the university in Charleston to shut down during the spring, 2016 semester.
Champaign Centennial Student Arrested In Bus Incident
The male student allegedly showed off the butt of an unloaded BB gun on a school bus, claiming it was a hand grenade while on the way to Centennial High School Monday. Champaign Police located the bus, and the student is now in juvenile detention, charged with disorderly conduct.
Frustration Mounting For Medical Cannabis Board Chair
Illinois Medical Cannabis Advisory Board Chair Leslie Mendoza Temple wants more feedback from Gov. Rauner's administration after 11 conditions were rejected for treatment. Three of them, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, were endorsed a second time by the panel last week.