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Urbana Mayor Seeking Help To Hire Administrator
The Mayor of Urbana is hiring a search firm to help hire a new administrator for the city.
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Illinois Issues: Coming Up In The Veto Session
Commentary: A capital bill; spending cuts; bills pushed by Democratic statewide officeholders? A look at some pending questions for the fall legislative session.
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Will Leitch Discusses Mattoon’s Recovery After School Shooting
As Mattoon continues to recover from a school shooting almost two weeks ago, Mattoon native Will Leitch talks about how his hometown is coping.
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U Of I Professor Hopes Research Helps Court Determine Map Standard
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in Gill v. Whitford, a Wisconsin case challenging partisan legislative maps. Wendy Tam Cho is a political science professor on the University of Illinois Urbana campus. Cho says this case is particularly important because it could determine the court’s role in future cases on gerrymandering.
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Bill Links Private School Tax Break To Public School Funding
Illinois’ new school funding plan — approved in August and hailed as a historic change — relies on the legislature to give every school the same state aid it got last year, plus push another $350 million through a new formula.
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Oral History of Illinois High School Sports Added To Lincoln Library & Museum Website
An in-depth look at the Illinois High School Association, or IHSA, is the newest addition to the oral history project posted online by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield
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Champaign Mayor Appoints Members To Police Review Committee
The Mayor of Champaign has appointed five people to serve on a new police review committee.
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Illinois Economy Continues Slow Growth
The latest numbers on the Illinois economy continues to show slow growth.
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More Than 58 People Are Dead After A Mass Shooting On Las Vegas Strip
A gunman who fired upon thousands of people attending a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip has killed more than 58 people, police say. Some 515 others were wounded in the mass shooting and panic that ensued. At least one of the dead is an off-duty police officer who was attending the concert.
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Trump On Las Vegas Shooting: ‘An Act Of Pure Evil’
President Trump solemnly addressed the nation Monday morning about Sunday night's mass shooting in Las Vegas, saying Americans are "joining together in sadness, shock and grief."