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Marron promotes webinars to answer questions and concerns over the Payroll Protection Program

By Carrie Bradon | Sep 28, 2020

State Rep. Mike Marron issued a release about the Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness, as many business owners are confused about the program.

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Author suggesting looting may serve a purpose is met with opposition by Illinois Republican lawmaker

By Carrie Bradon | Sep 9, 2020

Since the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery this year by police, protests and riots have happened in many cities throughout the nation.

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Bismarck elementary student creates face mask "ear savers" for health care workers

By Carrie Bradon | May 22, 2020

A fourth-grader from Bismarck is working to create tools to help health care responders stay comfortable while using their face masks.

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Champaign County conservative calls new gas tax excessive

By Carrie Bradon | Jul 11, 2019

Illinois went from having the nation's 10th-highest motor-fuel tax to the third-highest when Gov. J.B. Pritzker's new gas tax kicked in on July 1, a change former Champaign County Board member Scott Tapley sees as excessive.

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County clerk Jenkins puts her integrity to work securing a better future for Vermillion County

By Carrie Bradon | Apr 13, 2019

Vermillion County Clerk Cathy Jenkins has been in public service for years, but it was not a career choice she made lightly.

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Safety, of the community and the department, is Champaign Fire Chief's top concern

By Carrie Bradon | Mar 11, 2019

For Gary Ludwig, Chief of the Champaign Fire Department, career and giving back to his community go hand-in-hand.

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Councilman Kyles gives back to Champaign from the heart

By Carrie Bradon | Feb 26, 2019

For Champaign City Council member Will Kyles, serving his community is more than a job. Much more.

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Deborah Feinen, mayor of Champaign, has big plans for her community

By Carrie Bradon | Feb 20, 2019

Deborah Frank Feinen started out her career of public service as a Champaign County Board member, a position her mother had held, but it was not long before she realized that she wanted to do more for her community, she says, and decided to run for mayor.

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Halbrook: Measure to separate Chicago from Illinois is meant to 'expose the unfairness'

By Carrie Bradon | Jun 22, 2018

A recently introduced resolution, sponsored by state Reps. Reggie Phillips (R-Charleston), Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) and Joe Sosnowski (R-Rockford), would make Chicago the 51st state, formally separating it from the rest of Illinois.

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Lack of charges in U. of I. professor's videotaping incident raises questions

By Carrie Bradon | Feb 13, 2018

When it comes to propriety in the workplace, offenses must be taken seriously, especially in the midst of social awareness movements such as #MeToo which swept the country last year.

Redacted report offers little insight into altercation during campus protest

By Carrie Bradon | Jan 11, 2018

After multiple requests, the University of Illinois Police Department released a heavily redacted incident report detailing its investigation of an altercation between a graduate student and two conservative students during a protest on campus.

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First black board member bringing 'new ideas' to Ford County

By Carrie Bradon | Jul 8, 2017

Fame appears to run in Mario Fer​​​​​nandez Martinez's family.