December 22, 2024 – CU-CitizenAccess.org

Garden Hills Academy in Champaign. Screenshot from Google Street View, captured 2023.

Test scores slightly improve for Unit 4 school district, but lag behind rest of Illinois

Post author:Vicky Olaleye / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 22, 2024
Post category:Education Government Neighborhoods

Across grades three through eight in the Champaign Unit 4 School District, 70.7% of students did not meet state standards under a standardized assessment…

Read more about the article Urbana record store celebrates tenth anniversary

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Jesse Grubbs, owner of See You CD & Vinyl at 208 W. Main St. in Urbana. Photo by Jacob Karman.

Urbana record store celebrates tenth anniversary

Post author:Jacob Karman / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 22, 2024
Post category:Business Neighborhoods

According to the World Economic Forum in 2020, 34% of small businesses across the United States closed because of the effects of the pandemic.…

Read more about the article Archer Daniels Midland fined almost $52 million in past decade for 90 violations of federal, state laws

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Archer Daniels Midland regional headquarters in Decatur, Illinois. Photo from ADM's website.

Archer Daniels Midland fined almost $52 million in past decade for 90 violations of federal, state laws

Post author:Madison Holcomb / For CU-CitizenAccess and Nour Longi / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 22, 2024
Post category:Agriculture Business Government Justice

In the last 11 years, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has racked up at least $51.9 million in fines for 90 federal- and state-level offenses…

Read more about the article Greater Community Aids Project reports issues with MTD paratransit service

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A paratransit bus from Champaign-Urbana MTD passes by a standard bus. Photo from the MTD website.

Greater Community Aids Project reports issues with MTD paratransit service

Post author:Maidely Davila / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 22, 2024
Post category:Government Public Funds Transportation

Some clients of the Greater Community Aids Project of East Illinois said they have been stranded and mistreated during the past year by Mass…