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The private fund-raising arms of public universities, called foundations, are coming under scrutiny around the country. Watchdogs have found questionable spending that’s led to resignations and legal challenges to their privacy. In the course of reporting on a University of Illinois professor, Monica Eng of WBEZ discovered a different way foundation privacy practices are raising questions.
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Frustrated by what they see as a lack of progress in contract negotiations, the Non-Tenure Faculty Coalition will hold a strike authorization vote for its members at the University of Illinois Urbana campus next week.
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The music theatre work premiered earlier this month in Minneapolis, and features a mix of children's choir, string quartet, male voice, and a wide variety of instruments.
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Around 150 people took to the streets of Macomb late Thursday afternoon to demonstrate their support for Western Illinois University and the city.
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The Livingston County city of Pontiac, home to one of the country's long-running high school basketball tournaments, has used that history to lure in a minor league franchise. The Pontiac 66ers, part of the Midwest Professional Basketball Association, play on the same court as the high school team, en route to a 12-4 mark this season. They'll play in the league championship Friday night.
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The Danville District 118 School Board voted Wednesday night to permanently close flood-damaged Cannon Elementary School, and re-organize district classes to adjust to the loss of the building.
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says he's "very upset'' that Chicago State University may have to close due to financial problems. Students and employees at the school are being asked to turn in their keys. Rauner said Wednesday at an unrelated event in Springfield that it's "an outrage."
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University of Illinois softball player Ruby Fernandez-Rivera has entered an agreement that could keep a conviction off her record for damaging a menorah at the Chadbad Center for Jewish Life near campus last month.
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Politico reporter Natash Korecki talks about the U-S Supreme Court's decision not to hear an appeal of Rod Blagojevich's corruptions conviction.
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Gov. Bruce Rauner says a U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing labor unions to collect fees from non-members is "tragic'' and a lawsuit aimed at banning the practice in Illinois will continue. Justices divided 4-4 Tuesday in a California case over whether public workers represented by a union can be required to pay "fair share'' fees.
