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Former Illinois Governor Dan Walker Dies
The son of the one-term governor confirms that Walker died overnight Wednesday in California. He was 92. In 1987, he was sentenced to federal prison time for fraudulently obtaining more than $1 million in loans. He's survived by his wife and seven children.
Tweeting Lincoln’s Assassination
Students at the University of Illinois Springfield began "live-tweeting" on April 14 - the date that that Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theater back in 1865. They've continued, tweeting in real time -- 150 years after the fact -- about the pursuit of John Wilkes Booth, and the funeral cortege from Washington, D.C. to Springfield.
UPDATE: Mahomet Village Board Tables Resolution Supporting Rauner’s “Turnaround Agenda”
Mahomet village trustees are poised to endorse proposals that include local "right to work" zones and the exclusion of certain topics from collective bargaining.
AAUP Takes Next Step Towards Possible U of I Censure
The latest disapproving report from the American Association of University Professors offers familiar complaints and also paves the way for the organization to hold a censure vote against the university later this spring.