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Veterans To Protest Champaign County Fair
The head of a veterans group says members plan to protest the Champaign County Fair that begins Friday.
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UI Trustees Finalize Agreement With Carle For Medical School
Thursday's vote follows board approval of the school itself at the March meeting, covering financial commitments and organizational structure for the new Carle Illinois College of Medicine.
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SPLC Finds 21 Active Hate Groups In Illinois
Research from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) shows that Illinois has the second largest number of hate groups in the Midwest.
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Part-Time Staff At Urbana Library Say They Bear Brunt Of Budget Cuts
Part-time workers at the Urbana Free Library say they've been hit with reductions in work hours that leave them carrying too much of the burden of a 5.5% budget cuts.
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Court Overturns Some Blagojevich Convictions
An appeals court Tuesday threw out five of the twelve counts against the former governor. It's not immediately clear whether it means it will reduce his 14 year sentence.
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Rauner Says He’ll Keep GOP Campaign Cash Flowing, Every Six Months
Republicans' campaign accounts could get bi-annual infusions of cash from Gov. Rauner. The former private equity investor's personal wealth hasn't just fueled his own political ambitions; he's given heartily to the state Republican Party and to GOP legislators.
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GMOs, Monsanto And The Fight Against Climate Change
A Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting analysis of the USDA data found that Monsanto has been responsible for introducing 37 different genetically engineered seeds approved by the USDA. That number is about one-third of all USDA-approved GMOs. Most of those approved seeds have been for corn, soybean and cotton.
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Paris, Ill. Hospital Is Latest To Join Carle Rural Alliance
Paris Community Hospital in Edgar County is the latest small hospital to join a lineup of small downstate facilities that are coordinating their care with the larger Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.
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‘Top 10 Reasons’ For State Budget Standoff
Political analyst Christopher Mooney says inaction on taxes, pensions and other financial issues paved the way, but he says the current standoff is as much about political personalities as it is policy.
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New Device Can Inject Drugs Into The Brain — Via Remote Control
The drugs are injected into the mouse’s brain through a soft, flexible filament about the diameter of a human hair. The rest of the device is mounted on the mouse’s head, so it’s small — about the size of a Lego block — and weighs less than 2 grams.
