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The Champaign County Board held a special meeting Wednesday night to hear from executives with two Evanston-based health care companies who have made an offer to buy the financially-strapped county nursing home.
Organizers expect between 400 and 750 people to attend the 2018 Chambana Job Fair on Thursday. Arrow Glass, Heartland Dental, and Human Kinetics are among the roughly 90 employers expected to be on hand.
On the 21st: A group of mayors are worried that Springfield will use local revenue to fill holes in the next state budget. Plus, the history of slavery and the Underground Railroad in southern Illinois—and what educators are doing to bring that history to life in the classroom. And, the leaders of a new nonprofit news outlet called One Illinois say they want to tell stories about what unites us instead of what divides us.
Craig Stone has been the chief of police at Ohio State University since 2015.
With time against them, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner and top leaders met again Tuesday morning to talk about adopting a budget before next month. But – there is some disagreement among leaders about just how helpful these meetings have been.
