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Dairy farmers are feeling pressure from a market that’s flooded with milk. Prices have plummeted amid supply from foreign producers and larger operations squeezing out small farmers.
The Champaign County Board is scheduled to vote Thursday evening on an offer to buy the county nursing home. Both supporters and opponents of the proposal warn of dire consequences if the other side prevails.
The report says immigrants in Champaign County contributed more than $1.4 billion to the area's economy in 2016, and paid more than $57 million in state and local taxes.
There are an estimated 6,500 undocumented immigrants in the U.S. who suffer from kidney failure, but many of these people will continue to get worse because they’re not eligible for government insurance. A new study finds treating these patients can take a toll on doctors, too.
Legislation that could have severed the Southern Illinois University board of trustees into two separate organizations may be put on ice to allow time for an independent study.
