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The Champaign County Board is expected to vote Thursday night on whether to place a referendum for facilities on the ballot for this November. The initiative would raise the county’s sales tax one quarter of a percent for a period of 12 years. Illinois Public Media's Brian Moline spoke with Champaign County Administrator Rick Snider about the proposal, including plans for the county jail.
A new foundation has been created to raise money for Illinois state fair infrastructure, but questions have already been raised about how the private entity will intermingle with government.
The stage is set for construction of the first development at the Curtis Road/I-57 Interchange in southwest Champaign.
On the 21st: We talked with University of Illinois president Timothy Killeen, Western Illinois University president Jack Thomas, and Larry Dietz, president of Illinois State University in Normal, about how state universities are handling budget issues for the upcoming school year.
The head of the Democratic Party of Illinois is sticking up for the beleaguered Auditor General.
