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Rosecrance Prepares For More State Funding Cuts
Rosecrance executive director Sheila Ferguson remains hopeful that the agency can partner with other local agencies to weather any further state cuts in 2017.
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Libraries Struggle To Reach Entire Champaign-Urbana Community
Since 2011, the Champaign Public Library has lost more than 8,000 cardholders, dropping 21 percent from 37,710 to 29,657, according to library data. The Urbana Free Library has lost about 1,100 cardholders in the same time period. It had 13,880 cardholders in 2011 and now has 12,762 cardholders, a decrease of 8.1 percent.
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Frerichs End-Of-Year Part Two: Budget Impasse, Combining Offices, What’s Next
We continue our conversation with Illinois treasurer Michael Frerichs. Today we focus on the budget impasse and other issues facing the state of Illinois. The Champaign Democrat says that right now both sides need to do more listening.
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Champaign Churches Join Forces To Help Homeless During Winter
Champaign’s faith-based community has a short-term plan for two churches to provide overnight shelter to homeless men during the winter months. Two churches, First Presbyterian and Faith United Methodist, will be taking in up 30 men from the second week of January through March. Another site, New Covenant Fellowship Church, could be serving as a shelter soon, after some fire safety code updates. But conversations for a permanent site are ongoing.
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Actress Debbie Reynolds Dies A Day After Daughter Carrie Fisher’s Death
Actress Debbie Reynolds has died, just one day after the death of her daughter, actress Carrie Fisher, NPR has confirmed. Hours before reports of her death, The Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed to NPR that an elderly female was transported to Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Reynolds, 84, has had a long and celebrated career as a film actress — she was in the classic "Singing' in the Rain" — a TV star — "The Debbie Reynolds Show" — and a Broadway and Las Vegas star.
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Illinois Issues: Top Stories Of 2016
There’s still no budget for Illinois, but some big changes to education policy kicked in this year. As the contentious presidential election played out, several national issues affected the lives of citizens here.
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Frerichs End-Of-Year Part One: Wells Fargo, College Savings, And More
The Illinois state treasurer discusses his office's decisions in 2016 on college savings programs, suspending investment activity with Wells Fargo, and pushing legislation to require insurance companies to pay benefits.
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Maryland Never Trails In Big Ten Opening Rout Of Illinois
Melo Trimble scored 20 points and Jaylen Brantley added 13 as Maryland routed Illinois 84-59 on Tuesday in the Big Ten opener for both teams. Malcolm Hill had 21 points for the Illini (10-4), who saw their six-game winning streak come to an end.
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Actress Carrie Fisher Dies At Age 60
Actress Carrie Fisher, who found enduring fame as Princess Leia in the original "Star Wars,'' has died. She was 60. Fisher's daughter, Billie Lourd, released a statement through her spokesman saying
Fisher died Tuesday just before 9 a.m PST. Lourd said her mother was "loved by the word and she will be missed profoundly.''
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The Future Of Medicaid May Be Found In Indiana, Where The Poor Pay
To get a glimpse of where Medicaid may be headed after Donald Trump moves into the White House, it may be wise to look to Indiana.
That's where Seema Verma, Trump's pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, comes from. And that's where she put her stamp on the state's health care program for the poor.