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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.

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Mark Morris says the outreach work his company does stems from his belief that dance and other physical movement is a basic facet of human artistic expression, part of “everything that makes a people more civilized and empathetic”.

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Cancer Community @ Illinois in partnership with Carle Cancer Center will launch the Cancer Scholars for Translational and Applied Research (C*STAR) graduate educational program in the fall. The C*STAR program will give funding for six existing University of Illinois graduate students to work on a specific cancer research project for up to three years alongside a faculty member from the Cancer Community @ Illinois and a clinician mentor from Carle. 

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The prison system has been in a legal battle over mental health care since 2007.