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Illinois House Passes Measure To Battle Heroin Abuse
The Illinois House has approved a measure that proponents say would help combat an epidemic of heroin and prescription painkiller drug abuse.
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Senate Panel Rejects Rauner Worker’s Comp Proposal
The Illinois Senate began taking up parts of Governor Bruce Rauner’s pro-business agenda Wednesday. Democrats voted along party lines to defeat a workers compensation proposal.
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House Passes Portions of Budget
The Democrats' budget includes funding many programs the governor planned to cut, even though Illinois is short about $3 billion to pay for all of that spending.
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Champaign News Anchor Dave Benton Passes Away
Benton, who has been with WCIA-TV in Champaign since 2005, had battled brain cancer for about 18 months. He only made the decision to step down from the anchor desk last month, saying the tumor affected his ability to deliver the news. Benton was 52.
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Legislation To Help Exelon’s Nuclear Power Plants To Be Delayed: House Energy Comm. Chair
Legislation to help Exelon with the Clinton nuclear power plant and two others it says are losing money, apparently will not be passed during the Illinois General Assembly's spring session. House Energy Committee Chair Linda Chapa LaVia says she wants to combine the legislation with two other energy-related bills, which would take more time.
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Democrats Flying Solo On New State Budget
The Republican governor is already expressing his frustration. The issue is, Illinois' income tax rate has dropped, so the state's missing out on billions of dollars. Gov. Bruce Rauner had proposed massive cuts to make up for it.
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Illini Secure National Seed, Prepare To Host Regional
The Illinois baseball team is a national seed for the first time, meaning they'll host a Super Regional June 5-8 if they can win the first NCAA Regional this weekend at Illinois Field. Ohio, Notre Dame, and Wright State will also play at Illinois Field May 29-31.
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Columns At Memorial Stadium Stand Tall For Fallen World War I Soldiers
Over 9000 students and faculty served overseas in the years America was involved in the war– that’s about a quarter of the Urbana campus’ student population today.
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Champaign Chosen To Host NCAA Regional
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Michigan Knocks Illini From Big Ten Tournament
The Illinois baseball team now looks to the NCAA regionals after Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Wolverines knocks them from the Big Ten Tournament in Minneapolis.