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University of Illinois President Robert Easter will get one last pay increase before he retires later this month. At their meeting Thursday in Springfield, U of I trustees approved a $167, 200 performance bonus.
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Exelon is amping up its threat to close three nuclear power plants in Byron, Quad Cities and Clinton, unless there's help from the legislature.
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As Illinois faces major budget problems, everyone has a different answer for which services to cut and which taxes to raise.
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Governor Bruce Rauner's proposal to cut the state budget took a spectacular fall Wednesday in the Illinois House, as all Democrats cast 'no' votes, and all Republicans voted 'present.'
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The full Illinois House spent much of Tuesday in a rare, full committee meeting focused on workers' compensation. But the chamber didn't vote on further changes to a system that's been in place since 2011.
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Former city council member Deb Frank Feinen was sworn in Tuesday tonight as Champaign's new mayor, along with other newly elected city officials, including new city councilman Matt Gladney.
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The Champaign City Council gets its first look at the suggested 2015-16 budget plan Tuesday night. City staff have been asked to consider potential reductions coming from Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposed cuts in state-shared revenues, but there are no specific cuts in this plan.
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The Champaign Farmers Market will run every Tuesday evening through October 27th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in downtown Champaign. They think the location, time and doubling SNAP benifits and more will help them be successful.
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An Illinois advisory board has voted to recommend that post-traumatic stress disorder and osteoarthritis be added to the list of qualifying conditions in the state's medical marijuana program.
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The Illini baseball team has completed a weekend sweep of the Ohio State Buckeyes, and now have 21 straight victories with Sunday's 6-2 win at Columbus.
