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Clark Park Neighborhood in Fall 2018. Residents are fighting for ordinances to regulate the sizes of big homes, which are unaligned with standard houses in the neighborhood. City Council voted against the text amendment regarding zoning ordinances at the Oct. 15 meeting. Photo: Mike McMillen.

Clark Park continues to fight against building of giant houses

Post author:Julie Kang / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:November 12, 2019
Post category:Neighborhoods

In the ongoing battle over the construction of big homes in the Clark Park Neighborhood, there have been some victories for the residents: one is the limits on the size of garages that will reduce the size of the homes.

on Wednesday, December 19, 2018. photo by Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access

Mobile home owners fear they may be priced out by rent hikes

Post author:Pam G. Dempsey
Post published:December 21, 2018
Post category:Housing

Some unlikely advocates have emerged in the fight to lift a 1997 ban on rent control in Illinois – manufactured home owners who are upset with the increasing cost of their lot rents.

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How schools can help kids traumatized by gun violence

Post author:Lee Gaines / Illinois Newsroom
Post published:May 21, 2018
Post category:Education Justice

Children are among the most traumatized by gun violence in the community, and that trauma can affect their mental and physical health, behavior and academic performance. Lee Gaines looks at what schools and community groups are doing to help.

Read more about the article Federal housing analysis says Champaign rental market oversaturated, but city continues to approve development

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An aerial photo of Green Street looking west from the Fourth Street intersection on April 23.

Federal housing analysis says Champaign rental market oversaturated, but city continues to approve development

Post author:Sarah Spiro / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:February 1, 2018
Post category:Housing

The development of student apartments in Champaign-Urbana has not slowed down over the past five years, despite two separate federal housing analyses describing the rental market as oversaturated.

Read more about the article Champaign schools implement coding curriculum

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Kevin Zhu shows off some of his coding in his third grade class at Kenwood Elementary School in Champaign on November 7.

Champaign schools implement coding curriculum

Post author:Lindsey Sofolo / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:November 30, 2017
Post category:Education

Champaign Unit 4 Schools have implemented a curriculum based around coding, beginning in kindergarten and going all the way up through high school. The students have designated time each week to learn how to code through the programming language Scratch.

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.

Read more about the article Twenty food spots fail health inspections

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Huaraches Moroleon on Tuesday, January 31, 2017. The Mexican restaurant was temporarily closed in October after receiving an adjusted score of -40.

Twenty food spots fail health inspections

Post author:Johnathan Hettinger
Post published:February 1, 2017
Post category:Public Health

From campus town bars to Italian restaurants, 20 restaurants were closed or failed for serious health code violations during the last part of 2016.

Read more about the article Champaign potholes still costly to city, drivers

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A pothole on Elm Street in Champaign on November 2.

Champaign potholes still costly to city, drivers

Post author:Dan Escalona / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 24, 2016
Post category:Government

In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, the city’s public works department responded to 329 pothole service requests from residents — a slight decrease from the 397 service requests in the previous fiscal year.

Read more about the article Almost one in every five roads in Champaign in poor condition

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White Street, one of the worst ranked streets in Champaign, on November 2.

Almost one in every five roads in Champaign in poor condition

Post author:Dan Escalona / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 24, 2016
Post category:Government

In an analysis of Champaign’s most recent city pavement database from 2015, three sections of White Street have a or pavement condition index (PCI), below 10 — more than any other street in the city.