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will.illinois.edu | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Orellana
Friday, June 20, 2025Today’s headlines: Central Illinois could see some dangerously high temperatures starting this weekend. The National Weather Service confirms ten tornadoes touched down in Central Illinois on Wednesday. Celebrations were held around the country yesterday to commemorate Juneteenth. Local advocates for the LGBTQ community are reacting to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care.
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will.illinois.edu | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Orellana
Wednesday, June 18, 2025Today’s headlines: A downstate Illinois congresswoman says her name was on the hit list of the suspected killer of a Minnesota state lawmaker. Thousands of people from around the world are confronting a crackdown from Egyptian authorities as the government there is suppressing a planned protest to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza. Middle school and high school students in Danville will have to lock up their cell phones all day when classes return in the fall.
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will.illinois.edu | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Orellana
Friday, June 13, 2025Today’s headlines: Sparks flew frequently at a congressional hearing Thursday where JB Pritzker and two other Democratic governors were questioned about their immigration policies. The City of Champaign is receiving a state grant to develop a countywide plan supporting residents with limited English proficiency. The House of Representatives voted Thursday to rescind funding for public broadcasting.
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will.illinois.edu | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Orellana
Skip to content June 12, 2025 Thursday, June 12, 2025Today’s headlines: Today, Governor JB Pritzker will be questioned by a U.S. House Committee about Illinois being a so-called sanctuary state. The Spurlock Museum’s first-ever Pride month exhibit is on display.
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will.illinois.edu | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Orellana
Wednesday, June 11, 2025Today’s headlines: President Trump's budget proposal to be considered today could shutter the U.S. Department of Agriculture lab located on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. A central Illinois lawmaker says a gun safety measure in Illinois will likely face legal challenges. A federal judge is ordering details about the vast wealth of convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan be removed from the public court record.
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will.illinois.edu | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Orellana
Tuesday, June 10, 2025Today’s headlines: Charles Isbell will become the next chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s net worth is emerging as an issue ahead of his Friday sentencing. Immigration and labor organizers rallied in downtown Chicago yesterday to protest the Trump administration travel ban. A major healthcare provider is restructuring its facilities in Champaign and Vermilion counties.
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will.illinois.edu | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Orellana
Monday, June 9, 2025Today’s headlines: Illinois teachers are getting new guidelines on how to use artificial intelligence in the classroom. Earlier this month, the Trump Administration rescinded guidance directing hospitals to provide emergency abortions to women when necessary to stabilize their medical condition. Convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan could get more than a dozen years in prison this week.
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will.illinois.edu | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Orellana
Friday, June 6, 2025Today’s headlines: The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is hiring another Big Ten campus administrator to lead the state's flagship public university. More than 600 workers will lose their jobs as Champaign-based Health Alliance plans to cease operations by the end of the year. After two years, an exhibit showcasing artists' work from central Illinois is returning to the Giertz Gallery at Parkland College.
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3 weeks ago | 
will.illinois.edu | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Orellana
Thursday, June 5, 2025Today’s headlines: Illinois US Senator Dick Durbin is speaking out against a proposal to pull back federal funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting. It’s been more than five years since the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic. And while public health officials say the emergency threat is over, its impacts are still being felt today. A new federal bill would give farmers more options to protect their livestock from black vultures.
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will.illinois.edu | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Orellana
Wednesday, June 4, 2025Today’s headlines: A fifth child has died following a deadly crash at a daycare in central Illinois earlier this spring. Republican lawmakers in Springfield are criticizing the General Assembly's newly passed state budget for including nearly $250 million in what they call "pork" spending. Illinois lawmakers have approved measures that will let the state regulate cryptocurrency for the first time.
