Rauner Warns Cabinet Members To Prepare For Cash Crisis
Gov. Bruce Rauner is asking heads of state agencies to prepare for state funds to run out if he and Democratic lawmakers can't reach a deal on a 2016 budget.
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Police Departments Across Champaign County Form Interagency Task Force
Since February, forty-three shooting investigations have been opened in Champaign-Urbana, and three shootings in only the last two weeks in Rantoul.
John W. Dean on “The Nixon Defense”
John W. Dean talks about his book on Watergate, "The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It" which bills itself as the complete story of the Watergate break-in and cover-up, and discloses Nixon’s part in it.
University Of Illinois President To Shift Funds To Students
President Timothy Killeen has unveiled plans to redirect $8.2 million to financial aid and other student-supported programs on all three campuses.
What Does A Budget Shutdown Look Like?
Democrats did pass several spending bills before the end of the regular session, but the state doesn’t have the money to fully back them up. Rauner says he won’t consider new revenue until the General Assembly approves at least some of his business-friendly agenda.