Before retiring last May, Champaign’s City Attorney Frederick Stavins’s compensation rose about $100,000 compared with the previous fiscal year, data
Read MoreThe amount of bonuses paid to Urbana employees doubled between the previous two fiscal years, city data shows. During fiscal year 2021, 28 people
Read MoreChampaign landlords are reluctant to consider federal housing vouchers as income, prompting many to not accept vouchers — but Urbana’s laws protect t
Read MoreThe City of Champaign is implementing a multi-million-dollar plan to combat local gun violence focusing spending on its street outreach program inten
Read MoreThe mayors of the cities of Champaign and Urbana say the cities are filing documents to intervene in the efforts of Illinois American Water to increa
Read MoreLack of adequate staffing at the Savoy, Ill. post office has resulted in shorter and sporadic business hours for customers in recent months. At ti
Read MoreLike the City of Champaign, Urbana issued no underage drinking citations or made any arrests last year through November 2021, according to police dat
Read MoreUrbana says “no” to license plate readers, but Champaign says “yes” in effort to reduce gun violence
Although Champaign voted in favor of implementing automated license plate readers (ALPRs) for $240,500 last month, Urbana rejected its $54,000 idea a
Read MoreContaminated drinking water from Peoples Gas leak persists, funds to fix frozen as lawsuit continues
A 2016 gas leak into the drinking water supply north of Mahomet continues to be a hot topic, embroiled in regulatory action and lawsuits even five ye
Read MoreSince 2019, at least 63 Champaign-Urbana restaurants have failed and 19 have been temporarily closed down by public health officials under a new rest
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