July 11, 2018
Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth have signed on with ten other Democrats to support a bill to help small and disadvantaged communities improve the safety of their drinking water.
June 29, 2018
An advocate for children separated from their families under the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy says a lack of infrastructure and formal protocols make it hard to reunite families — despite an executive order from President Trump halting the practice.
June 21, 2018
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin said President Trump’s executive order ending his family separation policy does nothing to help over 2,000 children already separated from their parents at the US--Mexico border.
Speaking on the Senate floor, the Illinois Democrat said the order would also detain families together indefinitely. Durbin said that only serves to double down on the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy.
June 15, 2018
The Champaign Park District is holding a Juneteenth celebration on Saturday June 16 at Douglass Park in Champaign commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation when it was recognized in Texas 153 years ago.
The proclamation was an executive order issued in 1862 by then President Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery. While it took effect in 1863, Texas didn’t enforce it until after the Civil War ended in 1865.
June 13, 2018
U.S. Congressman Rodney Davis is one of many Republicans facing off against Democrats in Thursday evening’s annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity at Nationals Park in Washington DC.
The game comes exactly a year after a gunman opened fire on a Republican baseball practice in June 2017--which Davis had attended.
June 4, 2018
Bond for a Wisconsin man arrested in connection with multiple vehicle window breaks on Interstate 74 is set at $2 million dollars. Illinois State Police spoke about their investigation and the charges against Kevin L. Casey during a press conference Monday.
May 30, 2018
Community members gathered at the Urbana Free Library on Tuesday evening to hear stories of those affected by gun violence and to learn more about the Everytown Survivor Network—an initiative of Moms Demand Action.
May 24, 2018
A bill aimed at preventing workplace violence against healthcare workers passed in the Illinois House on Wednesday May 23. This comes as a new survey from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign finds 90 percent of nurses in Illinois experienced violence while working at least once in the past year.
May 23, 2018
Researchers will gather in Champaign for the Sixth Annual LGBTQ Research Symposium—a two-day event filled with workshops and discussions related to studying LGBTQ issues.