News Local/State
After hearing a number of comments from the 'Build Programs Not Jails' movement, on a vote of 15-2, the Champaign County Board Thursday approved placing a quarter-cent sales tax on the November ballot.
News Local/State
Governor Bruce Rauner signed legislation Thursday requiring all Illinois hospitals to have protocols in place for diagnosing and treating sepsis, which occurs when infection causes the body's immune system to attack tissue and organs. The legislation was nicknamed "Gabby's Law", after a 5-year-old Monticello girl, who died of sepsis after hospital doctors did not check for the condition.
News Local/State
A Champaign County jury has awarded nearly $10 million to a woman who lost her legs after being struck last year by a Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District bus.
News Local/State
Democrat Josh Hartke explains several reasons for his opposition to a sales tax increase for county facilities in an interview with Illinois Public Media's Brian Moline.
News Local/State
In just a few years, one has transformed the Illinois Republican Party from a perennial also-ran into a serious contender. Bruce Rauner been an agenda-setter, a shot-caller, and a rainmaker. And his party’s true believers couldn’t be happier.
News Local/State
A nearly two-mile stretch of Windsor Road along the south edge of Urbana will be closed to traffic Wednesday and Thursday night. It’s been partially closed for the last two years, due to a rebuilding project and a dispute over defects that quickly appeared in the road.
News Local/State
The Champaign County Board is expected to vote Thursday night on whether to place a referendum for facilities on the ballot for this November. The initiative would raise the county’s sales tax one quarter of a percent for a period of 12 years. Illinois Public Media's Brian Moline spoke with Champaign County Administrator Rick Snider about the proposal, including plans for the county jail.
News Local/State
A new foundation has been created to raise money for Illinois state fair infrastructure, but questions have already been raised about how the private entity will intermingle with government.
News Local/State
The stage is set for construction of the first development at the Curtis Road/I-57 Interchange in southwest Champaign.
News Local/State
The head of the Democratic Party of Illinois is sticking up for the beleaguered Auditor General.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
Campbell Hall
300 N. Goodwin
Urbana, IL 61801
217-333-7300
