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 2012
Read MoreThe United States Congress faces a tight deadline as the threat of a possible government shutdown on October 1 looms ever closer. Last week the Rep
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Illinois lawmakers’ paychecks aren’t in the mail yet, but according to one report by Illinois Public Media, the legislature's special committee on pen
Read MoreThe House passed a farm bill last week after dropping food stamps from the negotiating table. According to an Illinois Public Media report, “The 21
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Illinois state inspectors say the bridge carrying traffic on County Highway 50 over Interstate 74 in Mahomet is in “critical condition” and “structura
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Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing is challenging an Illinois law that gives Carle Hospital tax-except status for their charity work - providing medical car
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Congress is marking up the Farm Bill this week. The House version (seen here) makes cuts to the food assistance program. Over 1.6 million people
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By Staff/CU-CitizenAccess An estimated $85 billion in automatic spending cuts to the federal budget are set to take place this week if no further a
Read MoreBy The News-Gazette/"Deadbeat Illinois: The Painful Price of Unpaid Bills" is a joint project by The Associated Press and its members across Illinois
Read MoreBy Julie Wurth/The News-Gazette -- A new report from the U.S. Census shows Champaign and Vermilion counties holding their own economically in 2010, w
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