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Illinois football coach Lovie Smith kicked three players charged with felony residential burglary and aggravated robbery off of the team on Wednesday.

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Republicans including state Senator Chapin Rose of Mahomet quickly criticized a $37.3 billion budget package passed Tuesday by the Illinois Senate. But Democrats like Sen. Scott Bennett of Champaign are coming to the bill's defense.

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While Illinois’ historic 22-month budget impasse has again dominated the legislative session in Springfield, state lawmakers have also grappled with how to respond to Chicago’s gun violence. 

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The Illinois Senate has approved a $5 billion income tax increase to fund what Democrats say would be a balanced, $37.3 billion budget.  

A Democratic majority pushed the measures through despite opposition from Republicans.  

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On Wednesday, four people whose substance abuse led to felony convictions will celebrate a year of sobriety when they graduate from Champaign Country Drug Court, in a 2:30 PM ceremony at the Urbana Civic Center.

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When Cleve Heidelberg woke up in his jail cell Monday morning, he didn’t know he’d be stepping outside hours later in civilian clothing. In fact, Heidelberg was notified just minutes before that he’d be released, for the first time in 47 years.

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Even as a landmark clean energy plan unravels in D.C., Illinois is on track to meet the coal emissions reduction goals it set. Jake J. Smith reports for Illinois Issues.

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A bombing at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, has killed 22 people and injured 59 more, police say. Monday night's concert had drawn thousands of children and young people — many of whom were trying to leave when the blast hit. Authorities say it was a terrorist attack, carried out by a man who died at Manchester Arena.

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Longtime Champaign-Urbana television and radio broadcaster Dave Shaul has died after a lengthy illness. He was 75.

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Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says talk of impeaching President Donald Trump is premature. That's at odds with positions taken last week by at least three of the Democrats running for governor in Illinois.