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Voters in Champaign County have three countywide referenda on the ballot this year. Two of them are dueling proposals about whether to elect a countywide board chair or executive. The third would raise the county’s sales tax one quarter of a percentage point for a period of twelve years, with the revenue slated to go toward facilities projects, including an expanded county jail at the satellite location in east Urbana.
Illinois has taken steps to prevent 260,000 residents from losing government food assistance. That gives the state a year to prepare these individuals for the job market.
Under federal law, poor people without kids or significant health problems are cut off from food stamps; they're limited to three months of eligibility in three years' time.
On the 21st: We talked with elementary school teachers about how they explain the presidential election to their students. Plus, we did another round of political fact-checking and talked about superstitions that Cubs fans are keeping up throughout the World Series.
School report cards released by the Illinois State Board of Education show little change from previous years. But the Illinois State Board of Education is trying to make the data more accessible.
The Illini men's basketball team defeated visiting Washington University of Saint Louis 82-75 in in an exhibition game Sunday afternoon at the State Farm Center in Champaign.
But victory came only after Illinois squandered a 29-point lead in the second half.
