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The Illinois Supreme Court Thursday said the state does not have to pay unionized employees what it says in their contracts, unless legislators specifically appropriate the money.
There are now four signs entering Champaign County reading 'Birthplace of the Tuskegee Airmen – March 1941.' On Thursday, the county held a celebration of what occured on the former Chanute Air Force base 75 years ago this month.
University of Illinois Athletic Director Josh Whitman has again assured basketball coach John Groce that his job is secure, despite poor team play and player arrests. A Thursday afternoon press conference was held after the recent arrests of junior guards Jaylon Tate and Kendrick Nunn.
The commission that Gov. Bruce Rauner appointed to find ways of reducing the state's prison population has already made recommendations that some members call low-hanging fruit, and are not moving on to more difficult proposals.
Democratic Illinois U.S. Senator Dick Durbin and 17th District Congressional Democrat Cheri Bustos were among those who traveled to Cuba with President Obama this week. Durbin says he witnessed a 'spirit of cooperation' that he hadn't seen before in the island countrry. The two are pushing for the end to the U.S. trade embargo with Cuba.
