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C-U Hosts 10th Illinois Marathon
Organizers of this weekend’s Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon are expecting 15,000 thousand people to register for the event in Champaign-Urbana.
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Illinois Issues: Which Take On Taxes Lowers Them For Voters?
Commentary - The lack of detail from Democratic candidate for governor J.B. Pritzker makes it unclear whether his graduated tax plan would lower taxes.
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Federal Judge: Illinois Prisons Not Complying With Mental Healthcare Setlement
A federal judge has ruled the Illinois prison system is still providing inadequate mental healthcare to inmates and that the treatment qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment.
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Serving And Hungry: How A Federal Rule Keeps Some Military Members From Food Aid
Many active-duty service members can’t get SNAP benefits because the government counts a soldier’s housing allowance as income, pushing them above the federal eligibility line.
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Unemployment Rates Continue Decline Across Illinois
Unemployment rates continued to decline in all of Illinois’ 14 major metro areas in March ---- according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
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Donation Brings New Trees To Urbana After Emerald Ash Borer
Urbana lost 500 trees in the last three years because of the Emerald Ash Borer, an insect that infects ash trees.
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Measures Responding To 2016 Peoples Gas Leak Pass State Senate
Two measures designed to protect the public from future natural gas leaks at the Peoples Gas underground storage field in Champaign County passed the state Senate Thursday and now head to the Illinois House.
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Bill Cosby Found Guilty Of All Charges In Sexual Assault Retrial
A Pennsylvania jury has found Bill Cosby guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault, setting up the comic legend for the possibility of years of imprisonment for drugging and sexually violating a woman 14 years ago on a couch in his Cheltenham, Pa., home.
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School of Information Science To Host Discussion Series on Racism
An event this weekend will explore issues of race and representation at the University of Illinois’ School of Information Science. Alumni of color from the I-School will share their personal experiences with racism, both as students and professionals.
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‘Joyful’ Musical ‘She Loves Me’ Opens Tonight At Krannert
Lyric Theatre at Illinois’ final show of the season is the Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick musical, “She Loves Me,” opening Thursday night at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana.