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House Approves GOP Tax Overhaul, With Senate Outlook Uncertain
The House has narrowly approved a $1.4 trillion tax overhaul, clearing the first major hurdle in Republican attempts to cut taxes and rewrite the tax code.
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CAFO Reporting Rule May Take Effect
Large livestock farms may have to start reporting high levels of two types of emissions as of Wednesday. But the Environmental Protection Agency wanted a last-minute delay of a federal rule it’s been trying to modify for years.
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Cancer-Coaching Grandmothers Hold Hands, Lift Spirits
One in eight U.S. women will develop breast cancer over the course of her life. But the burden is particularly heavy for African-American women. Like Hispanic women, they are more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive forms of breast cancer and at a later stage than their white counterparts.
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Plan Commission Says ‘No’ To Landmark Status For Buildings In Path Of High School Expansion
Two weeks after the Champaign Historic Preservation Commission nominated three buildings for historic landmark status, the Champaign Plan Commission has recommended denying that status, to allow for the expansion of Champaign Central High School.
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JB Pritzker Picks Up Endorsement From Treasurer Frerichs In Governor’s Race
State Treasurer Mike Frerichs is endorsing venture capitalist J.B. Pritzker for governor. The two went to Frerichs’ home turf of Champaign-Urbana to make the announcement on Wednesday.
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Judge Denies Delay In Yingying Zhang Trial Date
The trial for the man accused of kidnapping University of Illinois visiting scholar Yingying Zhang will go on as scheduled.
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Cangellaris Named New Provost For Urbana Campus
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has hired a new Provost, and they’re keeping the new hire in-house.
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Graduate Students Oppose GOP Tax Cut Plan
Graduate students at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign worry that the Republican tax reform plan could make their education more expensive.
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Grad Students Would Be Hit By Massive Tax Hike Under House GOP Plan
There are a lot of anxious graduate students at universities around the country right now. That's because to help pay for more than $1 trillion in tax cuts for U.S. corporations, the House Republican tax plan would raise taxes on grad students in a very big way. These students make very little money to begin with. And many would have to pay about half of their modest student stipends in taxes.
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Racial Justice Task Force Looks For Public Input
The Champaign County Racial Justice Task Force wants to hear from you after it released 31 recommendations to improve racial justice in the county.
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