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Healthcare costs in East Central Illinois are 35 percent higher than they are in Chicago, according to a new study. While those costs may be fixed for now, Urbana's mayor wants to do something about it.

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Gov. Bruce Rauner's executive order freezing "non-essential" state spending is raising questions about exactly what spending it covers at state universities.

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University Trustees will vote a new chairman to replace the outgoing Chris Kennedy at their meeting Thursday in Chicago.

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Gover Bruce Rauner faces a lot of challenges. Some capitol insiders provide insight on how he can succeed.

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Champaign Unit 4 school board members Monday unanimously approved a new $144-million bond issue for the April ballot, which keeps the same plan for a new Central High School, but includes a new Dr. Howard Elementary.

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Hours after Mike Frerichs resigned his seat in the legislature, area democrats appointed his replacement Monday morning. Frerichs is now Illinois' state treasurer. And a couple hours before that, his senate seat was given to Scott Bennett, a Democrat from Champaign.

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In his inaugural speech Monday in Springfield, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner blamed the state’s poor business climate in part on the red ink in the state budget.

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Illinois State Police are leading an investigation of a fatal shooting by an Arcola police officer in the line of duty on Saturday. 

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The Illini men suffered their worst offensive performance of the season, losing last night at Nebraska by a score of 53 to 43.
 
 

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As he prepares to become Illinois' next governor, Republican Bruce Rauner has spent time reaching out to the politicians he once vilified.