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WIU Student Enrollment Dips Below 10K
There are 9,469 students enrolled at Western Illinois University at Macomb this spring semester. It's the first time this century Western's student body has dropped below 10,000.
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Mayoral Candidate Marlin Seeks New Direction For Urbana
After two terms as a member of the Urbana City Council, Diane Marlin is promising a new direction for city government, if voters choose her as their next mayor.
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Illini Men Sweep Wildcats For First Big Ten Winning Streak In Two Years
The Illini men's basketball team beat Northwestern 66-50 last night in Champaign. It's the first back-to-back Big Ten wins for Illinois since the end of the 2015 season.
Malcolm Hill led all scorers with 18 points, and added five rebounds and five assists.
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What It Means To Be A Sanctuary City In Urbana
On Tuesday, the Trump Administration released details on new policies to ramp up federal immigration detentions and deportations. Ahead of the move, Urbana joined hundreds of other cities in declaring itself a sanctuary city – meaning they’ll offer some protections to people in the country illegally. That could cost the city roughly $1 million in federal funds, based on recent executive orders from the president.
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Sanguinetti Lauds Urbana Schools, Park District Cooperation
Illinois Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti is hailing cooperation between the Urbana Park District and the Urbana School District as an example for the rest of the state. She spoke Tuesday at the Urbana Indoor Aquatic Center, a facility owned by the school district and managed by the park district.
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Laurel Prussing Seeks Fourth Term As Urbana Mayor
Democrat Laurel Prussing is seeking a fourth term as mayor of Urbana. But before the municipal election in April, Prussing faces two challengers in the Democratic primary on February 28th, alderwoman Diane Marlin, and Evelyn Burnett Underwood.
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U of I Building & Food Service Workers Ratify 3-Year Contract
Building and food service workers at the University of Illinois’ Urbana campus have ratified a new three-year contract, retroactive to last summer.
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Congresswoman Bustos Not Running For Governor In 2018
Democratic U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos says she won't run for Illinois governor in 2018. In a statement Monday, Bustos says she decided staying in Congress is "the best way for me to continue getting real results for working families across the heartland."
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No Meeting Of Budget Aides Adds To Confusion Over Governor’s Budget Plan
The Illinois House is set to return to Springfield this week. Policymakers are still puzzling through last week's budget proposal by Governor Bruce Rauner. That’s partly because the Rauner administration made a significant break with tradition.
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UI Planning Prof: Immigrant Residents In Beardstown ‘Fearful’ Of Deportations
Recent deportation raids targeting undocumented immigrants around the country have raised concerns in the Illinois River community of Beardstown, where a local meatpacking plant has attracted many immigrant workers. University of Illinois planning professor Faranak Miraftab has made a study of Beardstown, and the JBS meatpacking plant there that employs workers from Mexico, West Africa and other places.