Children who grow up in poverty or other adversity are prone to worse health & educational outcomes. But having a stable, nurturing relationship with a parent or caregiver can offer protection. That's where home-visiting nurses can play a role.
When it comes to improving public health, the most effective interventions begin early in life. That’s why a team of health workers in Champaign-Urbana is reaching out to disadvantaged families, starting at pregnancy.
The long-running legal fight between the Carle Foundation and Urbana and other local governments over hospital tax exemptions will last a little longer.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an appellate court that ruled against current state law on the exemptions lacked the jurisdiction to do so. The high court sent the case back to circuit court. And for now at least, the 2012 state law defining how much charity work a hospital must provide to earn a tax exemption stays in place.
The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to delay the implementation of a lower court ruling on hospital property taxes, while it considers whether it will hear an appeal from Carle. That means Carle and Presence Covenant hospitals in Urbana likely won’t have to pay more than 10-million dollars that the state says they owe this year.
The Carle Foundation says it will build an office complex at the I-57 and Curtis Road Interchange south of Champaign, marking the first project announced for a site for which local officials have long had hopes for development.
