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Malcolm Hill scored 22 points and had 10 rebounds as Illinois cruised to an 82-66 victory over Rutgers on Tuesday night. Illinois snaps a two-game skid while the Scarlet Knights have lost 13 straight games. Maverick Morgan added 17 points for the Fighting Illini.
A University of Illinois official familiar with the decision says the school has hired Washington University athletic director Josh Whitman as its new AD.
The Champaign County Board of Review is leaving properties owned by Urbana's two hospitals on the property tax rolls, for now. But an attorney representing both the Carle health system and Presence Covenant says the 3-member panel shouldn't make this decision without 'waiting for the legal dust to clear.'
Gov. Bruce Rauner is scheduled to deliver his budget message to the Illinois General Assembly this Wednesday. In advance of that, interest groups are lining up to plead their case for state funding. On Monday, representatives of the state’s colleges and universities made one such pitch.
Historically, Illinois has been a leading state in refugee resettlement, but lately it seems less welcoming to some.
