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Illinois Teens Struggle to Find Summer Jobs
Story air date: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
The summer season is in full swing, and that means many teenagers are trying earn some extra cash. But the job market remains tough, especially for teens. As Illinois Public Radio's Mike Moen reports, Illinois is no exception.
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business • laborWilliam Daley Delivers UI Commencement Speech
Story air date: Sunday, May 15, 2011
White House Chief of Staff William Daley delivered the commencement speech at the May 15, 2011 graduation ceremony on the University of Illinois’ Urbana campus. Daley came on board as President Barack Obama’s chief of staff in January. Daley acknowledged the job market is more competitive today than when he graduated from college, but he said that is an opportunity for innovation and creativity in the global marketplace. He also emphasized the importance of living abroad and experiencing other cultures, saying an expanded worldview is important in the workforce.
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government • United States • labor • people • politics • University of IllinoisCherry Orchard Landlords to Stand Trial for Code Violations
Story air date: Wednesday, April 06, 2011
The Cherry Orchard Village apartments lie just south of the abandoned Chanute Air Force Base near Rantoul – and like the base itself, Cherry Orchard has seen better days. Now the two landlords who manage the eight-building complex are charged with failing to maintain it – to the detriment of its tenants, mainly migrant worker families. Illinois Public Media’s Sean Powers has been collaborating with the investigative journalism group CU-Citizen Access. He reports on the legal battle to bring Cherry Orchard up to code.
(English language voice over by Jenn Kloc)
(With additional reporting from Pam Dempsey and A. H. Gorton of CU-CitizenAccess)
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business • crime • government • Champaign County • health • labor • peopleThe University of Illinois' Partnership with India
Story air date: Thursday, October 14, 2010
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Interim Chancellor Robert Easter recently returned from a week-long trip to India. Easter met with university, business, and government officials to discuss research partnerships in areas ranging from agriculture, to information technologies, to climate change. He also talked about the prospects of opening a campus in India, and opportunities for graduate education.
There are about 400 undergraduate and more than 460 graduate students from India currently studying at the U of I. Illinois Public Media’s Sean Powers spoke to Easter about the relationship developing between India and the University of Illinois.
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architecture • economy • education • labor • technology • University of IllinoisWILL Connect: The Economy, Meeting Those Who Asked for Help
Story air date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Organizations that help the poor in east-central Illinois are giving out more and more assistance. But there may be many people who for some reason or another have not made that call for help. In the latest of our series of stories in connection with the outreach project “WILL Connect: The Economy,” AM 580’s Tom Rogers introduces us to people who decided to make the leap and reach out for aid, and people who encourage others to do so.
