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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.
The final slate of six films for the festival, running April 13-17 at Champaign's Virginia Theater, include 'Love and Mercy', which depicts Beach Boy Brian Wilson at two stages of his life, Lily Tomlin's honored performance in "Grandma", and "L'Inhumaine", a 1924 silent French sci-film film to be accompanied by the Alloy Orchestra.
Amanda Vinicky reports on the failure of Gov. Bruce Rauner and Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to hold any budget talks so far in 2016
