The Congressional Budget Office has delivered stark projections about the healthcare landscape, warning that millions of Americans could lose health insurance coverage and face significant premium increases if Congress fails to extend enhanced premium tax credits set to expire at the end of 2025. CBO estimates that without extending the premium tax […]
House Republicans released a stopgap funding bill Tuesday that would keep the federal government operating through November 21. House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole of Oklahoma introduced the “Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026,” a 91-page bill that would fund government agencies at current levels for seven additional weeks while Congress works to finalize full-year […]
Parkland College is extending opportunities for young learners this year by taking its popular summer enrichment series, College for Kids, beyond the summer months. Beginning this fall, the program will now be offered throughout the year, providing students ages 6–18 with creative and educational classes in art, science, cooking, and more. […]
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed Executive Order 2025-04 on September 12 to protect vaccine access throughout the state. The order responds directly to a series of disruptive federal actions that have fueled confusion and threatened the availability of life-saving immunizations. Governor Pritzker’s executive order establishes the Statewide Vaccine Access Initiative, […]
The Champaign County Fire Chiefs’ Association has released an urgent advisory requesting all residents to halt open burning due to escalating fire risks caused by ongoing drought conditions across Champaign County. The association emphasized that current dry weather is expected to persist and worsen in the weeks ahead, heightening the […]
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the Trump administration, allowing the government to halt Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood while legal challenges to the provision continue. The dispute centers on Section 71113 of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law by President Trump on July 4. This […]
Dr. William Gingold, a local Holocaust survivor from Champaign-Urbana, will share his family’s powerful story at the Mahomet Public Library on Sept. 18 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Dr. Gingold was born in Warsaw on September 20, 1939, a day before the Nazis bombed the hospital and just 19 days […]
Senate Republicans narrowly blocked a Democratic effort on Wednesday to mandate the public release of all Justice Department files related to the sex trafficking investigation of the late Jeffrey Epstein. The 51-49 vote fell largely along party lines, with Republican Senators Josh Hawley of Missouri and Rand Paul of Kentucky […]
According to UFC CEO Dana White the Ultimate Fighting Championship will stage a professional mixed martial arts event at the White House in 2026. “We had the meeting at the White House. It could not have gone better,” White announced via social media. “The White House fight is on. I will have more details […]
Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday issued a temporary administrative stay blocking a federal judge’s order that would have required the Trump administration to spend $4 billion in foreign aid funds approved by Congress. The one-page order from Roberts partially halts a September 3 ruling by U.S. District Judge Amir […]
