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The Champaign County Nursing Home got a much-needed break Tuesday. The surprise arrival of some payments allowed it to cancel its request for what would have been its second emergency loan from the county.
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Republican Congressman Rodney Davis is holding another “Tele-Town Hall” this evening, and some of his opponents are hosting a listening party.
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State government came to the living room of a home on a tree lined street in Lombard Tuesday morning. It was a rare scene -- lawmakers from both sides of the aisle crowded around a kitchen table as Governor Bruce Rauner signed "Charlie's Law."
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The new state budget will fund Illinois colleges and universities at the level of funding they received in 2015 — minus 10 percent. But there’s one area of higher education that got a boost.
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Vermilion County Board Chairman Mike Marron says he wants to run as the Republican nominee for the 104th District Illinois House seat. Marron aims to succeed incumbent Chad Hays, who has announced he won’t seek re-election.
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Two proposed developments in downtown Champaign have joined together for what would be the largest conference center in Champaign-Urbana. Developer Hans Grotelueschen has moved his hotel and conference center project a few blocks south from its original proposed location at Washington and Walnut to merge with the planned expansion of the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District’s Illinois Terminal.
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Lawmakers approved a state budget more than a week ago. But the education portion remains uncertain. For the money to flow, Democrats added a provision that requires enactment of a new school funding plan.
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For Carolyn Parrish, a privacy professional based in Evanston, data privacy is just as important in her personal, everyday life, as is it to keeping her business running.
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If Congress approves, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be host to a $104 million center for research into new biofuels and bioproducts.
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A tax increase is not the only change coming for some Illinois residents as the new budget package is rolled out. The General Assembly approved a tax package earlier this month that raises the income tax rates for both businesses and individuals. But it also comes with an increase to the state’s earned income credit.
