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Imagine being a local student and seeing a screenplay that you wrote appearing on the big screen at Champaign's Virginia Theatre. Twenty area K-12 students will have that opportunity this Saturday at the Third Annual Pens to Lens Gala.
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University of Illinois officials did not approve a $400,000 bonus for outgoing Chancellor Phyllis Wise Wednesday afternoon. The vote was unanimous to deny the money after Wise resigned abruptly last week
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The UI Trustees executive committee rejected a $400,000 bonus for outgoing chancellor Phyllis Wise, along with her resignation. She'll be reassigned as an advisor to President Timothy Killeen, who tapped Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Barbara Wilson to replace Wise as interim chancellor.
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Rauner's Deputy Governor has written to U of I Trustees Chairman Ed McMillan. Rauner said he has 'deep reservations' about the $400,000 bonus that Chancellor Phyllis Wise is to receive when her resignation takes effect Wednesday.
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Addressing the state budget crisis, Durbin says leaders have yet to see the political crisis that comes with a government shutdown. Illinois' senior U.S. senator was at the U of I Tuesday, calling for more funding for scientific and biomedical research.
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Top political leaders say Illinois' lack of a budget won't put a dent in plans for the upcoming Illinois State Fair, which begins Thursday.
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The U of I Trustees Executive Committee will formally accept Chancellor Phyllis Wise's resignation, and name an interim chancellor to replace her. The search for a permanent replacement is expected to take six to nine months.
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A federal judge's records show the former Peoria Congressman was issued a subpoena the day before he resigned his seat, and that Schock later filed an emergency motion to quash the document.
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Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once wrote that “sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.” That’s the motivation behind a new website created by the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform that provides searchable information on political campaign contributions in the state.
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Professor and University Senates Conference Chair Nick Burbules says he backs the state FOIA law, but still questions whether some of the comments in the 1,100 pages of documents needed to be publicly released.
