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Landowners In Pipeline Path To Receive Settlement
A central Illinois judge has decided that a handful of landowners with property in the path of a planned oil pipeline will receive up to $30,000 each.
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Taiwanese Delegation Agrees To Buy Billions In Illinois Corn and Soybeans
An agricultural mission from Taiwan has agreed to buy Illinois corn and soybeans in 2016 and 2017.
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Unions Sue For Continued Illinois Health Care-Claim Payments
AFSCME and other unions say Rauner's decision this month to stop payments for medical claims for about 146,000 state workers and retirees is an unconstitutional contract violation.
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Meeting In Champaign To Provide Update On Mahomet Aquifer
Champaign County Health Care Consumers and several other local groups are sponsoring the public meeting, scheduled from 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM on Saturday, September 19th at the Champaign Public Library.
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Rauner Administration Fires Illinois Lottery Manager
The governor is ending the contract of Northstar Lottery Group. Rauner's adminstration says a new private manager will take over day-to-day operation of the lottery by January 2017.
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U of I Faculty Use Of Work Email For Politics Violated Law: Ethics Panel
The state Executive Commission ruled that the three faculty members violated state law governing ethics for state employees, when they used their campus email accounts to discuss the 2014 congressional campaign of George Gollin.
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WILL Web Wizard, Producer Looks Back At Changes In Public Media
Jack Brighton has been a key to WILL’s behind-the-scenes operations for twenty-eight years, first as "Focus" producer and later moving into the digital sphere. But his last full day in the office was last week. Brighton joined Here & Now host Jason Croft to look back at the changes over those years.
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Who Deserves State Help Paying For Childcare? A Debate Goes Viral
Rauner's moving forward with rule changes that drastically reduce -- by 90 percent -- who's eligible, by lowering the income threshold. A new parent trying to get child care assistance will find she makes too much money, if she's working 40 hours a week at a minimum wage job.
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Pride Fest Celebrates With ‘Love Wins’
This weekend marks the sixth annual CU Pride Festival in downtown Champaign, and organizers say this year is unique. In June, the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is legal in all 50 states. Caitlin Jenner's very public transition made conversations about transgender issues even more mainstream.
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Video Gambling Hits The Jackpot; But Attempt To Stall Video Poker Malls
There are some 20,730 stand-alone video poker machines scattered throughout the state. Thanks to them, state government took in some $200 million dollars in the last fiscal year; that's a huge, $80 million increase from the year before.