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It took legislators years of talking about Illinois' pension problem before they did much about it. There was a 2011 law that affects state employees, university professors, and public school teachers hired after that time. Then in 2013 they passed a law that reduced current workers' and retirees' benefits. Nearly immediately, workers and their unions sued, calling the law unconstitutional.
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A 3-game weekend sweep of Rutgers included a 28-13 rout of the Scarlet Knights. The 24 straight wins ties the NCAA mark held this year by Texas A&M.
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Five former Northern Illinois University fraternity members have been sentenced to community service instead of prison, and will pay $1,000 fines in a hazing case involving the 2012 death of a pledge, 19-year-old David Bogenberger. 17 others who faced misdemeanor charges will perform community service and pay fines of $500 each.
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ITV-3 held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to announce the debut of its residential and small buisness broadband service in Champaign-Urbana. Meanwhile, Comcast is also expanding its C-U broadband service.
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The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the state's pension reform law violates a provision in the state constitution that bars pension benefits for employees of state and local governments and school districts from being "diminished or impaired"
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Champaign officials say they expect to recover most of the more than half-million dollars it lost through an investment fund that is the subject of an investigation.
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Last weekend at Garden Hills Elementary School, dozens of fourth and fifth graders showed off their work at their second annual science fair. It's the result of a partnership between Unit 4 and University of Illinois students and faculty who hope to change the way under-represented students view science, and themselves.
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Nicole and Calvin Eason adopted six children through "re-homing", a form of private adoption, in which they took in children that other adoptive parents no longer wanted.
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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.
