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Emergency Shelter Program To Be Extended To Urbana School District

ByJim Meadows February 9, 2021February 9, 2021

URBANA – Township and school officials in Urbana could soon be working together to bring more homeless families into an emergency shelter program. Under an intergovernmental agreement, homeless families with children in the Urbana school district could find short-term shelter through a program launched about six months ago by the Cunningham Township supervisor’s office. Cunningham…

Education | Criminal Justice

Campus Safety and the Role of the Police at the University of Illinois

ByIPM News February 9, 2021February 10, 2021

URBANA – At a panel hosted by Illinois Newsroom this week, University of Illinois police, administrators, professors and students discussed the role of the campus police — and why some want the department abolished and their funding invested in other services. The discussion follows an Illinois Newsroom series by education reporter Lee Gaines about the growing…