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Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting The U.S. Department of Agriculture was forced to send home tens of thousands of employees because of Tuesday’s…
Last month, our co-founder Brant Houston wrote about the impact of data on our community and how data launched CU-CitizenAccess. Below is an excerpt…
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By Pam G. Dempsey/CU-CitizenAccess --Three area restaurants failed health inspections in August according to new data released this month. Inspectors found broken coolers and…
By Robert Holly/CU-CitizenAccess.org -- As a member of the Champaign County Local Foods Policy Council, Maya Bauer was required to file a form in…
The United States Congress faces a tight deadline as the threat of a possible government shutdown on October 1 looms ever closer. Last week…
Despite reports of job growth, corporate profits and increased spending, the poor and the middle class continue to struggle as they attempt to recover…
By Robert Holly/CU-CitizenAccess.org -- Champaign-Urbana social-media users have erupted with posts about the unusual crimes that have occurred throughout the past few weeks. Those…
Discussion on Capitol Hill over whether the U.S. should take military action to punish Syria for allegedly using chemical weapons against its own people…
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One restaurant was temporarily shut down after failing a second health inspection in July. Two other places failed as well but remained open. Peking…
Darrell Hoemann
In the wake of the controversial weeding of books from the Urbana Free Library, CU-CitizenAccess.org wanted to highlight the citizen research and social media…