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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.
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The Vice Chair of the Urbana Senate Executive Committee hopes to see a 'seamless' transition as the U of I looks for Chancellor Phyllis Wise's permanent replacement. The head of the Non-Tenure Faculty Coalition hope for more 'public engagement' with unions.
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Emails regarding university business that were sent on private email accounts are finally being released, after they were omitted from FOIA requests regarding controversial issues from the Steven Salaita case to the new medical school at the Urbana campus.
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Plans for a new medical school at the University of Illinois' Urbana campus will continue even without Chancellor Phyllis Wise
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Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar has some advice for the man currently in the job. Governor Bruce Rauner's fellow Republican says it's time to back down and compromise.
