A $3 million forgivable federal loan helped one local agribusiness offset rising costs, while a $100,000 loan allowed another business to simply surv
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Daniel Krause, owner of the restaurant Cracked near the University of Illinois campus, said he went into debt to stay open during the pandemic after
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Lack of adequate staffing at the Savoy, Ill. post office has resulted in shorter and sporadic business hours for customers in recent months. At ti
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Ramy Akram-Ahmed, a wellness advisor at Sunnyside Cannabis Dispensary in Champaign, Illinois, made $17 an hour while the parent company of Sunnyside,
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Since 2016, the City of Urbana has struggled to find a proper owner for the Urbana-Lincoln Hotel — someone who would not only renovate it but help re
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Construction in Champaign for Carle Foundation Hospital buildings is joined by the addition of other businesses and restaurants nearby, contributing
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In August this year, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) announced that many bus routes’ services would be reduced due to a shortage of bus
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It’s been more than seven years since local and state officials broke ground for a $1.4 billion fertilizer plant near Tuscola, Ill. along U.S. Highwa
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Recently released data on employee salaries of the City of Champaign and City of Urbana show that Urbana pays substantially less than Champaign and t
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Several months after addressing increasing gun violence in a community update, a new report on hiring reveals the Champaign police force is understaf
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