Before retiring last May, Champaign’s City Attorney Frederick Stavins’s compensation rose about $100,000 compared with the previous fiscal year, data
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The amount of bonuses paid to Urbana employees doubled between the previous two fiscal years, city data shows. During fiscal year 2021, 28 people
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Abandoned and vacant buildings abound in downtown Champaign after three years of pandemic closures, business failures, downsizing and moves, a street-
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Champaign landlords are reluctant to consider federal housing vouchers as income, prompting many to not accept vouchers — but Urbana’s laws protect t
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It's not rare to find postings on social media sites in Champaign and Urbana about potholes or crumbling roads causing damage to cars — or just gener
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Tisha Bryson has been shackled, hospitalized and shoved to the ground by central Illinois law enforcement officers more times than she can count whil
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The City of Champaign is implementing a multi-million-dollar plan to combat local gun violence focusing spending on its street outreach program inten
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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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In April 2020, the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) began to give out loans via the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). By the end of
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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s proposal for deploying a micro nuclear reactor in west Urbana has sparked concern among local reside
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