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Former athletic director Mike Thomas, who was fired last month, and soccer coach Janet Rayfield are no longer defendants in the lawsuit filed by former U of I soccer player Janet Rayfield. Judge Jeffrey Ford says the suit didn't provide a basis for claims.
How many standardized test do you remember taking when you were in school? Your answer probably depends on whether you finished school before 2002 when No Child Left Behind took effect. Illinois Public Radio's Dusty Rhodes discusses NCLB's replacement, the Every Student Succeeds Act, with Illinois Education Association President Cinda Klickna.
Champaign City Council members Tuesday approved a second excessive force lawsuit settlement involving Police Officer Matt Rush, this one for $225,000, but only after an hour of emotional public comments and a march by activists through the downtown streets, calling for Rush to step down and face criminal charges.
Work on a plan for the consolidation of local governments in Illinois is in the final stages, and the finished report could be submitted to Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Illinois General Assembly by year's end.
The administration at Western Illinois University in Macomb wants time to revise its budget-cutting plan, and is asking the Board of Trustees to delay its vote on the plan until next month.
