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Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis and Democratic challenger Betsy Dirksen Londrigan debated Monday for the last time before Election Day, accusing one another of lying about who’s funding their campaigns, whether pre-existing conditions will be covered, and who really benefits from the tax cuts. They even disagreed over the accuracy of media fact-checkers.
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The upcoming general election will decide whether Republican Bruce Rauner gets another term as Illinois governor or if the voters will choose to go with Democrat J.B. Pritzker.
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Decatur resident Jen McMillin is running for state representative in the 101st Illinois House District, which covers parts of Champaign, DeWitt, Macon, McLean and Piatt counties. She’s running against Decatur businessman Dan Caulkins. The winner of that race will succeed incumbent Republican Bill Mitchell, who is retiring.
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Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis and Democratic challenger Betsy Dirksen Londrigan both want to know where each others’ loyalties lie—to their campaign donors or the residents of the 13th Congressional District?
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Two former county auditors, John Farney and Laurel Prussing, are competing on the November ballot for the post of Champaign County Treasurer.
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UPDATE: The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board voted Tuesday to approve an application for a Certificate of Need, required by the state for the sale of the Champaign County Nursing Home to companies controlled by William "Avi" Rothner. Champaign County Health Care Consumers executive director Claudia Lennhoff, who spoke at the meeting against the sale, said the Review Board approved the application without asking wuestions.
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President Donald Trump signed America's Water Infrastructure Act last week, which authorizes work on many projects around the U.S., ranging from water treatment to mitigating invasive species to transportation.
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Decatur businessman Dan Caulkins is running for state representative in the 101st Illinois House District, which covers parts of Champaign, DeWitt, Macon, McLean and Piatt counties. He’s running against Decatur resident and political newcomer Jen McMillin. The winner of that race will succeed incumbent Republican Bill Mitchell, who is retiring.
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Five principals as well as several parents and teachers voiced their support for superintendent Don Owen at an Urbana District 116 Board of Education meeting Sunday evening.
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An estimated 200 people turned out at the University of Illinois Main Quad Sunday evening for a vigil in memory of the 11 people murdered, allegedly by a gunman shouting anti-Semitic rhetoric at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
