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In the town of Bismarck, the Newell Township Historical Society hopes to join other towns in central Illinois in opening a history museum to keep their past alive.

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University of Illinois Chief Financial Officer Walter Knorr said the state budget stalemate has brought grant-funded research to a halt, and making it hard to plan a salary program for the fiscal year.

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The Cunningham Children’s home will celebrate its 120th anniversary this weekend. There will be events for alumni and staff as well as the public to celebrate the event.

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The head of a veterans group says members plan to protest the Champaign County Fair that begins Friday.

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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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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 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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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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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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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.