WILL Call: What’s Happening in Champaign-Urbana Nov. 28 – Dec. 01

WILL Call: What’s Happening in Champaign-Urbana Nov. 28 – Dec. 01

Listen to Kimberly Schofield and Adelyn Mui talk about weekend events on IPM News AM 580 and FM 90.9 – Wednesdays at 6:45 and 8:45 a.m., and Thursdays at 5:44 p.m. Thursday, November 28 57th Annual Turkey Trot     Time: 8 a.m. (Sign-in begins) | 9 a.m. (1-mile run/walk/roll begins)     Location: Crystal Lake Park,…

Mike Madigan
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‘You know why I’m interested’: Wiretaps, secretly recorded videos show Madigan recruiting business to his law firm

For the second time in the span of seven months, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan called up Chicago Ald. Danny Solis after reading about a proposed real estate development in the alderman’s ward.

Voice of the Voter: Central Illinoisians Have Different Visions for Second Trump Term

Voice of the Voter: Central Illinoisians Have Different Visions for Second Trump Term

Illinois was one of a handful of states that went for Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 election, but residents in the central part of the state have differing visions of what happens next with former President Donald Trump heading back to the White House.

A view of the front of the Urbana City Building.
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Urbana officials pledge $800,000 for new grocery store, contingent on state grant

Urbana officials are taking steps that could bring a grocery store to the city’s north end. On Monday night, the City Council pledged to allocate $800,000 to tackle a food desert in Ward 3. The money is meant to support an application for the Illinois Grocery Initiative, a program that could provide up to $2.4…

Madigan
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‘You shouldn’t be talking like that’: Madigan scolded alderman-turned-FBI mole for bringing up ‘quid pro quo’

Then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis had already been cooperating with the FBI for a little more than a year in June 2017 when he received an unexpected voicemail from powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.