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(Updated at 9:59 a.m. ET) President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday morning in a tweet that followed a year of frequent tension between the two leaders. Trump said he is nominating CIA director Mike Pompeo as Tillerson's replacement, which requires confirmation by the Senate.
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Andreas Cangellaris apologized Monday after he said he received criticism of his actions during the recent strike by graduate student workers.
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Max Levchin, the computer scientist who co-founded PayPal and Yelp, will return to the University of Illinois May 12th, to be the Urbana campus’s commencement speaker.
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As Illinois attempts to balance its books, it’s dipping into pots of money meant to help cities and towns pay for services. And local officials are looking for options.
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Six months after the last family moved out of Champaign’s Bristol Place neighborhood, the last structure on the site has been torn down, to make room for construction of a new housing development in the coming months.
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Promoting education, preventing crime and job creation are three top priorities for the Rev. Frank McCullough Jr., as he seeks the Democratic nomination for the 104th Illinois House District seat.
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The Graduate Employees' Organization voted to ratify a new five-year contract with the University of Illinois. GEO co-president Gus Wood said the new contract is an even better deal than what the union initially set out to get.
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Eight Democrats and two Republicans are vying for the Attorney General spot following the surprise announcement Lisa Madigan will not a fifth term. Here are all the candidates, at a glance, in the order they appear on the ballot.
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The chamber orchestra Sinfonia Da Camera is in its 34th season in residence at the University of Illinois. The group is led by music director and conductor Ian Hobson, who is also the orchestra’s featured solo pianist this season.
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A tentative contract agreement has been reached between the University of Illinois and striking graduate workers at the Urbana-Champaign campus.
