Tag: Champaign

A sign for the Meadowbrook Community Church that says "vote here" below next to a parking lot.

Champaign County Clerk discusses efforts to prevent voter intimidation

With one week until Election day, officials in Champaign County are urging the public to abide by voting rules after incidents where violence and unlawful political activity occurred at polling places.  County Clerk Aaron Ammons said there was a physical fight Saturday at the Meadowbrook Community Church voting center. He said an individual wore a

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Champaign mayor to serve as head of Illinois Municipal League

CHAMPAIGN – The mayor of Champaign has been elected to serve as President of the Illinois Municipal League for a one-year term. Mayor Deborah Frank Feinen has served on the IML Board of Directors as a Vice President since 2020, and was elected president during the 111th IML Annual Conference held last weekend in Chicago,

A woman holds a microphone. People with SEIU shirts and signs stand in the background.

University of Illinois building and food service workers vote to strike

Updated 6 p.m. Sept. 13, 2023 URBANA — As a building service worker at the University of Illinois, Melody Decker has cleaned up feces in shower stalls and vomit that just missed trash cans.  Despite her own visceral reactions to bodily fluids, she loves her job. She said she has made lasting friendships with students