Both the Champaign and Urbana park districts have adopted policies largely overturning bans on nepotism in hiring when it comes to summer jobs.
The Urbana park board this week voted to amend its personnel policy to allow the district to hire relatives of full-time employees for seasonal positions. The Champaign Park District board voted to do the same thing at a Nov. 14 meeting.
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