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Mark Pflugmacher with irrigation equipment at his farm just outside of Gifford, Ill., on November 29.

Lack of irrigation reporting leaves uncertain future for Illinois groundwater

Post author:Johnathan Hettinger
Post published:July 7, 2017
Post category:Agriculture

Almost 1,000 pivots have been installed in counties statewide in the past four years as a result of higher crop prices and the demand of seed corn companies, an almost 20 percent increase in overall irrigation that equals the use of more than half a million people each year.

Read more about the article Irrigation could be one side effect of changing climate

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Irrigation equipment at Mark Pflugmacher's farm just outside of Gifford, Ill., on November 29.

Irrigation could be one side effect of changing climate

Post author:Johnathan Hettinger
Post published:July 7, 2017
Post category:Agriculture

“If I was going to invest in farm ground, if some of these climate scenarios come true, then having irrigation might be something that would pay off in the long-term,” Roadcap said.

Read more about the article Illinois health departments to abandon scoring as part of changes to food code

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Jim Roberts of the Champaign-Urbana Health District holds up a sample placard as county board members discussed whether restaurants in the county should be required to display inspection placards on August 21, 2014.

Illinois health departments to abandon scoring as part of changes to food code

Post author:Johnathan Hettinger
Post published:June 28, 2017
Post category:Public Health

Starting in July 2018, Illinois public health departments will no longer score restaurant inspections as part of sweeping changes coming to the state’s food code.

Champaign residents have seen a variety of effects from the Affordable Care Act.

Champaign County uninsured rate drops, but not everyone pleased with Affordable Care Act

Post author:Jessica Bursztynsky / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:May 5, 2017
Post category:Public Health

As debate continues in Congress over the future of healthcare, just what has the Affordable Care Act meant for people in Champaign County?

CU-CitizenAccess.org celebrates Sunshine Week all year, every year

Post author:Johnathan Hettinger
Post published:March 14, 2017
Post category:FOIA

From restaurant inspections and complaints about Housing Authority complexes to every arrest in Champaign-Urbana and tax incentive agreements, CU-CitizenAccess has provided much-needed transparency to a number of issues involving East Central Illinois in the past few years.