Public schools in Champaign are using a new report to change their approach to teaching students with disabilities.
Workers called off a strike for Wednesday after reaching a tentative contract agreement that includes salary increases as well as reductions in healthcare costs and other benefits.
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Crews used backhoes and their bare hands Wednesday to dig through piles of debris that stretched for miles in the search for more than 160 people believed to be missing in the flash floods that laid waste to the Hill Country region of Texas.
In a statement, Harrison Fields, a White House spokesman, called the court’s decision “another definitive victory for the President and his administration.”
The bill institutes new work requirements for many people to remain eligible for benefits and shifts some costs for the program to the states.
A work stoppage on Wednesday could bring county operations to a halt and cause delays for people who have business with Champaign County.
Authorities overseeing the search for flood victims said they will wait to address questions about weather warnings and why some summer camps did not evacuate ahead of the flooding that killed at least 104.
Public health workers, advocates and patients are bracing for what they describe as a perfect storm, which may undo years of progress in HIV treatment and prevention efforts.
Friends, family and members of the community gathered in Springfield Sunday to remember Sonya Massey, who was shot and killed by a Sangamon County deputy in her unincorporated Springfield home a year ago.
At 38 years old, Christian Mitchell has been inside most corners of state government as a top advisor on political campaigns, state legislator, deputy governor and civic engagement leader at a major university.
A July Fourth weekend deluge in Texas caused catastrophic flash flooding that has killed at least 89 people.
Hydropower accounts for nearly 30% of utility-scale renewable energy in the U.S., but federal hurdles may prevent older hydroelectric plants from staying online and new projects from getting off the ground.
