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Underwood ‘Surprised’ At Arrests Of NCAA Assistant Coaches
University of Illinois men’s basketball head coach Brad Underwood says he’s “surprised” by the arrest of four NCAA assistant coaches by the FBI this week.
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Rose’s Higher Ed Plan Faces Thorny Battle
Illinois ranks second highest in the nation for one very dubious distinction: Losing high school graduates to out-of-state colleges. Only New Jersey loses more college students than Illinois, and that's according to counts taken before Illinois starved its universities during the two-year budget impasse.
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Panel To Study Next Generation Of Power
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be at the forefront of helping develop the next generation of energy.
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Webb Drops Out Of Congressional Race
Democrat Benjamin Webb of Normal announced on his website that he will drop out of the 13th district congressional race.
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Republicans Outline Biggest Tax Code Overhaul In A Generation
President Trump and GOP congressional leaders have outlined their plan for the most sweeping overhaul of the federal tax code in more than three decades. They're proposing deep cuts in both individual and corporate tax rates, saying that will help supercharge a slow-growing economy.
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University Of Illinois Solar-Powered Car Takes To The Australian Outback
Engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are testing a high-tech car on the world stage.
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UPDATED: Four NCAA Men’s Basketball Assistant Coaches Indicted By Federal Prosecutors
Federal prosecutors in New York have indicted four NCAA men’s basketball assistant coaches on charges of fraud and corruption. One of them worked under University of Illinois head coach Brad Underwood at Oklahoma State University.
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3 GOP Senators Oppose Graham-Cassidy, Effectively Blocking Health Care Bill
The latest Republican push to repeal key parts of the Affordable Care Act appears to have met the fate of all previous Senate repeal efforts this year — it doesn't have the votes needed to pass the chamber.
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New Law Could Mean The Nurse Will See You Now
A new Illinois law is expected to improve access to health care by giving nurses more authority. The law applies to advanced practice nurses, who are differentiated from other nurses by having obtained higher levels of education and training.
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Illinois Issues: We Have Met The Enemy And He Is Us
As the governor and legislature have grappled in a historic death match over their views of how to sync our policy desires and our resources, many wonder if there is something especially daunting about budgeting in the Prairie State.
