Illinois Senate Overrides Governor’s Amendatory Veto Of School Funding Bill
The Illinois State Senate spent Sunday in session, where Senators voted 38 to 19 to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of the new school funding bill.
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Crowd Rallies In Response To Events In Charlottesville
In response to the events in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend, about two hundred people gathered for an anti-fascism rally in downtown Champaign Sunday.
Decommissioning Of Urbana Water Treatment Plant Begins
A water treatment plant has operated on North Lincoln Avenue in Urbana since the 1880’s --- but no longer. Illinois-American Water took the plant offline in June. And Monday is the day they plan to start dismantling it.
Ohio Man Charged With Murder In Fatal Car Attack On Anti-White Nationalist March
A man who appeared to be protesting Saturday with a group of self-proclaimed fascists is accused of killing a woman and injuring multiple others by driving his car into a crowd of marchers in Charlottesville, Va.
Illinois Misses A Funding Deadline For Schools
The Illinois Senate meets Sunday to decide how to handle Gov. Bruce Rauner's amendatory veto of an education funding bill. But already, the state has missed a deadline for funding public schools.