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By Sal Nudo/For CU-CitizenAccess.org -- Mother and daughter enter the brightly lit Biggby Coffee shop on Mattis Avenue in Champaign. It’s a brisk October…
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By Pamela G. Dempsey/CU-CitizenAccess -- Champaign public health officials are once again aiming for a Jan. 1 target date to post restaurant inspection reports…
Despite the less-than-ideal weather, kids will dress in creative costumes and ring doorbells throughout central Illinois tonight for “just one more” piece of candy.…
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By Robert Holly/CU-CitizenAccess.org -- The Housing Authority of Champaign County started opening up parts of its public housing waiting list at the beginning of August,…
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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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…
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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…