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Tue, 03/01/2011 - 9:08am | Tom Kacich

Local history: a heroic pilot

In 1911, supporters of a new high school in Champaign are circulating a petition calling for a public vote on the issue. After a mass meeting last night, they already had 31 of the 50 names needed to force the vote.

State university employee headcounts

Fri, 02/18/2011 - 1:04pm | Tom Kacich

An Associated Press story today reports that Gov. Pat Quinn's budget includes adding 945 state jobs http://www.suntimes.com/news/3880869-418/quinn-plan-would-add-945-state-....

Here's a little more detail on which agencies in higher education are -- and are not -- getting more employees.

Count your blessings

Thu, 02/03/2011 - 9:59am | Tom Kacich

Officially, Champaign-Urbana has had about 34.5 inches of snow this season.

By comparison Chicago has had 46 inches, New York City 56 inches, Newark, N.J. 62 inches and Boston 70.1 inches.

 

 

Preliminary snowfall totals from National Weather Service

Wed, 02/02/2011 - 9:15am | Tom Kacich

Champaign-Urbana           2.2 inches

Danville                              3 inches

Campaign donors to Pat Quinn and Bill Brady from Champaign, Urbana and Danville

Wed, 01/26/2011 - 9:11am | Tom Kacich

Following up on today's column in The News-Gazette, here's a little more information about local campaign contributions last year to Pat Quinn and Bill Brady from residents of Champaign, Urbana and Danville.

Here are the details:

 

Urbana donations to Quinn:

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