Covenant receives tax refund from Champaign County

URBANA – Less than a week after a judge suggested Champaign County wasn't going to prevail in a lawsuit with Provena Covenant Medical Center, the county decided to refund five years' worth of the hospital's property tax payments, plus interest.

County Treasurer Dan Welch on Tuesday said he issued a check for $6.1 million to Covenant, covering $5.8 million in taxes the hospital paid under protest and $315,849 in interest.

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