As Illinois Public Media previously reported, Reynolds supports a partial ban of younger student access to LGBTQ-focused books. Clevenger and Wetzel believe school administrators should be the ones to set curricula, not board members.
Betsy Holder, Amy Armstrong, Jamar Brown and Mark Thies have won the largest share of votes.
One candidate running for Decatur school board said he supports age-restricting books with LGBTQ characters.
About three-quarters of districts in Illinois are struggling to hire bus drivers, cafeteria workers and teachers’ aides. Workers in Champaign want to know how future board members will help them.
Six candidates say students should learn African American history and the history of racism. The seventh, business owner Mark Holm, declined to be interviewed.
Azark David Cobbs is making his second run for mayor of Champaign, running against incumbent mayor Deborah Frank Feinen and former mayor Don Gerard.
Champaign voters will have three candidates to choose from on April 4, including incumbent mayor Deborah Frank Feinen, who is running for a third term.
There will be three candidates on the ballot for mayor of Champaign in the April 4th consolidated election. This first report on the Champaign mayoral race, looks at Don Gerard, a candidate who’s held the office in the past. “I think that I got a lot done,” says the 57-year-old Gerard, who defeated incumbent Gerald