Illinois budget backlog is giving health care providers, patients a headache
Betty La France found a way to deal with a doctor who demanded she pay her entire bill upfront because the state could not be counted on to pay insurance...
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With Illinois budget deal secured, public universities still face challenges
For the first time in more than two years, Illinois' public universities can start the school year with the promise of state money from Springfield. Illinois had gone 736 days...
Grand jury indicts former U. of I. physics student in Chinese scholar’s kidnapping
A federal grand jury in Urbana indicted a former University of Illinois doctoral candidate on Wednesday in the disappearance of a Chinese visiting scholar last month, federal prosecutors said. Brendt...
From respected physics student at U. of I. to kidnapping suspect
Growing up here in north central Wisconsin, Brendt Christensen was a smart, friendly boy — the sort of child neighbors recall years later with bland fondness. Nothing special. Nothing out...
At vigil for missing Chinese scholar, suspect talked about ‘ideal victim,’ prosecutor says
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the suspect in the alleged kidnapping of a University of Illinois visiting scholar from China held in custody until his trial, after prosecutors revealed...
Crowd turns out for court appearance of U. of I. kidnapping suspect
As the suspect in the alleged kidnapping of a University of Illinois visiting scholar from China shuffled into federal court Monday morning — the sounds of his ankle shackles rattling...
Chinese students, parents share concerns over campus safety in wake of U. of I. kidnapping arrest
When a promising young scholar went missing in a university town in the middle of America, it sent shockwaves throughout China, international students said Sunday. The June 9 disappearance of...
‘Nobody saw this coming’: Arrest in Chinese scholar’s disappearance stuns U. of I. community
Federal authorities have arrested and charged a 28-year-old man with kidnapping Yingying Zhang, a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois who disappeared three weeks ago and now is presumed...
Pinched by state budget, City Colleges plans layoffs
City Colleges of Chicago is laying off 120 employees, part of larger cuts planned in response to the prolonged state budget crisis. Chancellor Juan Salgado announced the cuts Wednesday to...
NIU is sued over president’s lucrative severance
A DeKalb woman has sued Northern Illinois University's board of trustees, seeking to block the lucrative severance agreement it reached with Doug Baker, the university president who recently announced his...