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U Of I To Lead State’s “NextGrid” Study
The Illinois Commerce Commission has tapped engineers at the University of Illinois to help determine the future of energy in the state.
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The Illinois Commerce Commission has tapped engineers at the University of Illinois to help determine the future of energy in the state.
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Schools are scheduled to receive payment from the state in just three days, but that can’t happen until the Illinois legislature and the governor approve a new evidence-based funding model.
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Today's seventh-graders in Champaign School District Unit 4 will graduate from refurbished high schools.
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Seven democrats on the Champaign County Board have signed a statement calling on the county to tap the brakes on any potential Champaign County Nursing Home sale.
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State Senator Andy Manar says Rauner's veto of SB1 is an "all-out-assault" on public education.
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Several Democrats running for governor of Illinois are proposing the state enact universal healthcare. J.B. Pritzker is the latest to come out with a plan.
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With schools set to open in just a few weeks, Illinois still doesn't have any way to send money to schools. K-12 funding has become the latest partisan battleground at the statehouse, and yesterday, one procedural misstep may have inadvertently made the gridlock even worse.
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The Champaign City Council voted Tuesday evening to create a citizens advisory committee to review Champaign Police Department complaint investigations.
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Saying he's "frustrated" downstate public school district "get left behind," a Champaign County school district superintendent says the governor's SB1 veto was the right decision.
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Just after finishing a two year political standoff over a state budget, Illinois lawmakers are heading toward another impasse, this time over education funding.
Denouncing it a “bailout” of Chicago Public Schools, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday partially vetoed a bill to overhaul the state’s school funding formula, setting the stage for a dramatic showdown over education funding that could cut off state money to schools across Illinois.