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State Rep. Carol Ammons reads out of a notebook in front of a brick building. Her lawyer, Mataqee Akbar, stands to her right, and her husband, Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons, stands to her right. They are surrounded by other supporters.

State Rep. Carol Ammons, Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons plead not guilty to federal charges

State Rep. Carol Ammons and her husband, Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons, are facing counts of wire fraud and obstruction of justice.

Racial covenants limited housing options for Black residents in Champaign; a local group aims to repair that harm

Racial covenants restricted almost 800 pieces of land in Champaign County from being owned by anyone who wasn’t white. The Champaign-Urbana Reparations Coalition is starting to advocate for reparations for this for African Americans in the area.

News Around Illinois – February 21, 2020

Higher Profits, Lower Sales For Deere In First Quarter Despite a decline in sales, profits rose for John Deere in first quarter results reported Friday morning. Profits rose four per cent to $1.63 per share, compared with $1.54 last year at this time. Worldwide sales fell four percent, to 7.6 billion dollars. For its two