Mariana Quezada
An energy assistance program for low-income residents in Champaign County is bracing for future funding shortfalls after federal budget cuts halted new applications and…
Residential energy bills this summer are expected to increase about 20% beginning in June. On April 28, the grid operator in central and southern…
Jessie Wang
$66 million in 32 grants. This is the amount of federal grant funding the University of Illinois receives that was targeted as diversity, equity…
Darrell Hoemann
For Kiel Hodges, replacing a lost Social Security card has turned into a five-week ordeal with three office visits. "I need it to get…
Jordan Butler
“Hands off” was the message shared by hundreds in Champaign calling on the federal government to halt funding cuts to essential services across the…
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Nearly 4,000 applications for tenant-based housing vouchers have been filed in Champaign County over the last seven months, but none have been processed and…
Whooping cough, rabies, syphilis and strep. These are some of the infectious diseases on the rise in Champaign County over the past six years,…
Molly Hughes
Richard Sexton, a man from Effingham who has been receiving disability benefits, said last week that his Social Security account and his retired wife's…
Jessie Wang
Wendy Dorman is the recipient of a NASA early career researcher grant to create a detailed grasslands map in Illinois to improve wildlife, agricultural…
Darrell Hoemann
Head Start, an early childhood education program, hosts about 500 students a year with a budget of at least $9.1 million in federal funding…
