Tweet Beat: C-U music scene most popular of area Facebook sites
By Michelle Hagopian/For CU-CitizenAccess -- CU organizations, groups and businesses are increasingly using Facebook to share or promote their purpose. Here are five of…
Rising tuition creates concerns among students
By Christen Grumstrup/For CU-CitizenAccess -- As tuition has been increasing here at the University of Illinois over the past few years, so have the…
Deadbeat Illinois: Joint project highlights burden of unpaid bills
By The News-Gazette/"Deadbeat Illinois: The Painful Price of Unpaid Bills" is a joint project by The Associated Press and its members across Illinois —…
Census Bureau overcounted same-sex couples
By Dan Petrella/CU-CitizenAccess -- A few weeks ago, we reported on this blog that the number of same-sex unmarried couples in Champaign County increased…
More Champaign County residents renting than in 2000
By Landon Cassman/CU-CitizenAccess -- A greater percentage of Champaign County residents were renting housing units in 2010 than in 2000, according to 2010 Census…
No easy access to food stamps for migrant workers
By Sean Powers/Illinois Public Media -- Every year, thousands of migrant workers come to Illinois to detassel corn and harvest crops. Often times they…
Welcome to our Tweet beat
By Michelle Hagopian/For CU-CitizenAccess -- I’m a journalism graduate student in the College of Media working with the CU-CitizenAccess.org team this semester and my…
Health officials: Lack of sick days leads to food-borne illnesses
We've been reporting quite a bit recently about the sanitary conditions of local restaurants and how much information about those conditions is or isn't…
Congressional hearing highlights challenges accessing broadband service
By Jim Meadows/Illinois Public Media -- People who live in a city may take broadband Internet service for granted. But in many rural areas,…
Stimulus money may explain Champaign, Vermilion stability on poverty
By Julie Wurth/The News-Gazette -- A new report from the U.S. Census shows Champaign and Vermilion counties holding their own economically in 2010, with…