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Illinois Issues: Budget Impasse Blurs Future For The Class of 2016
The state budget impasse means that high school seniors choosing a college are now having to take the school’s financial stability into account.
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UI Non-Tenured Track Faculty Holding 2-Day Strike
About 500 University of Illinois faculty and reseachers will walk off the job Tuesday and Wednesday. NTFC Local #6546 is holding its strike to try and prompt U of I administrators to discuss how they plan to proceed in collective bargaining. Among the union's demands are multi-year contracts for non-tenured faculty.
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Illini Baseball Sweeps Billikens
Six different Illini players drove in runs in Sunday's 6-2 victory.
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McFadden Again Wins Boston Marathon
University of Illinois graduate Tatyana McFadden has won her fourth straight women's wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon. McFadden completed the 26.2-mile course from Hopkinton to Copley Square in an official time of 1 hour, 42 minutes, 16 seconds.
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The Alloy Orchestra: 25 Years of Creating New Music For Old Silent Movies
The three-man Alloy Orchestra is marking 25 years of performing new music for old silent movies.
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Illini Football Draws Crowd For Open Practice
About 5,000 fans took advantage of Saturday’s weather by watching Lovie Smith's first Illini football team hold an open practice at Memorial Stadium.
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Comptroller: Pay For Office Holders To Be Delayed
Illinois legislators should expect a delay in their paychecks.
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Wealthy Would Pay More, Under Proposed New Income Tax Structure
All Illinois residents pay the same income tax rate. Now a plan is afoot to change that, with a constitutional amendment, to have the wealthy pay more.
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Illinois Senator Calls For More Teens To Have A Lawyer During Police Interrogations
Illinois State Senator Patricia Van Pelt, D-Chicago, is sponsoring legislation to expand protections for teenagers accused of murder. She says they can't make the legal decisions required to waive legal rights.