Annual C-U Ballet Production Of ‘Nutcracker’ Opens Thursday At Krannert
Champaign-Urbana Ballet’s annual production of “The Nutcracker” opens Thursday at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana.
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Colleges And Universities Adopting Test Optional Policies
High school students through the decades have sweated over the college admissions tests, the ACT and the SAT. Now, more and more schools are not requiring applicants to take the standardized tests.
ISBE Rolls Back Restraint Rules
The Illinois State Board of Education Wednesday amended emergency rules that had banned the use of certain physical restraints in schools.
Savoy Bars Cannabis Businesses, Despite Interest From A Landowner
The Savoy Village Board voted Wednesday night to bar any cannabis-related businesses from opening within their borders.
McDonald’s Workers Lawsuit; The Possibility of Female Deacons in the Catholic Church; Proposal to Shrink Minor League Baseball
Chicago-area McDonald’s workers have filed a lawsuit against the company. They’re alleging the fast-food giant failed to protect them from violent incidents in restaurants. Plus this fall, Pope Francis said he would reopen the work of a 2016 commission that studied the issue of women Decaons in the Catholic church. We speak with a religious scholar who was one of 12 people on that commission. And a new proposal by Major League Baseball would cut the leagues affiliations with 42 minor league teams nationwide.