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The cities of Champaign and Urbana, along with the University of Illinois, are asking for input for a longterm, multi-million dollar street improvement project. Students and community members have until next month to weigh in on its plans for "MCORE" — the Multimodal Corridor Enhancement Project.
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Babies should develop in leaps and bounds; so while missing out on months of therapy doesn't sound like long, the consequences are compounded. Supporters of "EI" say that working with infants and toddlers saves money later, by lessening kids' needs when they're older; some studies say it even leads to reduced prison rates.
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The Illinois State Board of Education had to vote on what constitutes an acceptable grade on the PARCC test.
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Proposed legislation in Springfield has Champaign Unit 4 Schools officials concerned about a possible big loss in state funding.
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The Illinois EPA says a cattle farm operated by Gabe Shepherd violated the state Environmental Protection Act and other laws when it allowed manure to spill into Stony Creek and the Salt Fork, killing nearly 100,000 fish.
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Among the many political battles that have raged in Springfield since the election of Governor Bruce Rauner, one difficult battle has fallen off the radar. The fight for a new school funding formula has been pushed to the wayside as the state operates without a budget for a third month, and Springfield's top politicians talk over each other.
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The United States' top education official made a couple of stops in Illinois this week on a "Back to School" Bus Tour. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan hopped off his school bus in Champaign Wednesday to highlight the disability resource program at the University of Illinois' Urbana campus.
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If you noticed the price of eggs going up this summer - there's a reason. Several states' bird populations were hit -- hard -- by avian flu. Wild birds, captive ones, and commercial and backyard poultry. But no cases were detected in Illinois.
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The Champaign City Council voted 6 to 3 to direct city staff to come up with a council bill that would change the police department's Use-of-Force policy to allow the use of Tasers.
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Public employee and retiree health care benefits may be the next casualty of the state budget impasse. Last week, Governor Bruce Rauner’s administration used a difficult-to-find online posting to announce a freeze in payments to doctors and others providing medical care to state employees.
