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Killeen: Merit-Based Raises Coming in 2017

University of Illinois President Timothy Killeen sent a mass e-mail Thursday, saying a merit-based 2-percent salary program is coming in February and March of next year. He said leaders have worked hard to manage resources effectively despite the state budget impasse. Administrators and leaders on each campus will announce the timeline for the raises in January.

Homes in one east Urbana neighborhood celebrate the holidays along the route known as Candlestick Lane in 2015.
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Encore: The History Of Urbana’s Candlestick Lane

For one east Urbana neighborhood, the Christmas season means more than time with family and exchanging gifts. There’s also a sense of pride up and down the street when it comes to showing off holiday spirit on the front lawn, the porch - and maybe even the roof. Candlestick Lane started in 1963, brought on by a utility company's decorating contest, and is still a local attraction 53 years later.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
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U.N. Secretary General Visits SIU At Carbondale

In his final public address, outgong United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon told a crowd of 1,400 at the SIU Student Center in Carbondale what he has learned in his 10 years in the office and what he'd like to pass on.

Literature on enrollment in the nation's health care law at Champaign County Health Care Consumers' office in downtown Champaign.
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Illinois Hospitals: Don’t Repeal Obamacare Without Immediate Replacement

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal the federal law known as Obamacare. A group representing Illinois hospitals is warning that doing so without a replacement plan could have dire consequences. The Illinois Hospital Association says about 1-million people have gained health coverage through the Affordable Care Act - that's how many would be at risk of losing coverage without a replacement plan.