With water from out of town, the Mattoon Bagelfest is underway
Organizers for the annual festival trucked in water from outside sources as Mattoon’s water supply remains under a do not drink order due to an algal bloom.
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How are federal policy changes affecting central Illinois school districts?
A school board member in Danville worries the federal changes will cause the district to raise taxes. International teachers will arrive late in Decatur.
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Congress rolls back $9 billion in public media funding and foreign aid
The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Scott M. Bennett is honored at a dedication for the Champaign County administration’s new home in Urbana
The Scott M. Bennett Administrative Center was officially dedicated to the late senator Wednesday afternoon.
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217 Today: Potential NOAA weather research cuts could have consequences
In today’s deep dive, meteorologists are expressing concerns about how the federal budget proposal could impact weather forecasting.
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Governor JB Pritzker pens letter urging President Trump’s education secretary to unfreeze $6.8B in grants
The letter to McMahon comes just days after 24 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration over the funding freeze in education grants for K-12 schools and adult education.
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Potential NOAA weather research cuts could have consequences
The proposed budget released earlier this month “eliminates all funding for climate, weather, and ocean laboratories and cooperative institutes.
