November 14, 2025 – CU-CitizenAccess.org

The former CS Johnson factory site was recently demolished to make way for eight apartment buildings. Photo by Patrick Mahoney.

Soil, site cleanup required for new apartment complex at site of demolished C.S. Johnson factory

Post author:Patrick Mahoney / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:November 14, 2025
Post category:Environment Government Housing Public Funds

Site cleanup and soil work are part of the environmental work required to develop a new eight-building apartment complex on the site of the…

A pie chart from the Illinois Opioid Settlements website shows how more than $531 million in settlement payments have been allocated statewide to date. The remediation fund receives the largest share at 55%, followed by 33% to local governments and 12% to the state. Screenshot on Nov. 3, 2025.

Champaign County task force approves $161,000 in new opioid settlement spending

Post author:Madyson Magnus / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:November 14, 2025
Post category:Government Public Funds Public Health Technology

Champaign County’s Opioid Settlement Task Force approved about $161,000 in new spending this week toward emergency medical equipment for fire protection districts across the…

The City of Urbana now uploads public data to the Illinois Open Data Portal after discontinuing its city-managed portal earlier this year. Screenshot taken Nov. 11, 2025.

Urbana quietly closed its open data portal. Suddenly several public safety datasets were gone.

Post author:Laniyah Whitehead / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:November 14, 2025
Post category:Government Public Funds Technology

Without notice to the public, the Urbana Open Data Portal was shut down after nearly 10 years of service. Urbana residents and the general…