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The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
2016 Presidential candidates and their student focus

2016 Presidential candidates and their student focus

By Josh Winters • May 11, 2015
Gov. Rauner creates commission to tackle overcrowded prisons

Gov. Rauner creates commission to tackle overcrowded prisons

By Josh Winters • March 19, 2015
President Barack Obama proposes new protections for student loan recipients

President Barack Obama proposes new protections for student loan recipients

By Josh Winters • March 16, 2015

Gov. Rauner’s cuts, Mahomet Aquifer focus of lawmakers’ town hall meeting

By Josh Winters • March 14, 2015
Representative Rodney Davis (R-13) speaks to reporters in Champaign on Wednesday about the EPA's decision to designate the Mahomet Aquifer as a Sole Source Aquifer.

Lawmakers applaud EPA sole source designation for Mahomet Aquifer

By Josh Winters • March 12, 2015
Emeritus Professor of Library and Information Science Dan Schiller speaks about what net neutrality means for the Internet.

What does the FCC ruling on Net Neutrality mean for the Internet?

By Josh Winters • March 12, 2015

Illinois Supreme Court to hear first arguments on pension reform lawsuit

By Josh Winters • March 11, 2015

Do’s and Don't’s of Unofficial

By Josh Winters • March 5, 2015
State Sen. Chapin Rose introduces bills to change MAP grant rules

State Sen. Chapin Rose introduces bills to change MAP grant rules

By Josh Winters • March 4, 2015

Illinois lawmakers call for higher immunization rate in response to measles outbreak

By Josh Winters • March 4, 2015

Champaign County Clerk opens in-person, by-mail voting for April General Election

By Josh Winters • February 26, 2015
Illinois governor Bruce Rauner speaks at the I-Hotel Ballroom on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Rauner wrote a memo to the Board of Trustees encouraging them to reject a raise for Phyllis Wise. 

Student services, employees could be affected by proposed $209 million cut to University

By Josh Winters • February 24, 2015
Illinois governor Bruce Rauner gives a preview of the State of the State at the I-Hotel Ballroom on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015.

Gov. Rauner’s budget plan to cut $209 million in University of Illinois funding

By Josh Winters • February 18, 2015
Economy, crime at forefront of Champaign mayoral election

Economy, crime at forefront of Champaign mayoral election

By Josh Winters • February 17, 2015

Poverty rate increases in Champaign County

By Josh Winters • February 12, 2015

State Rep. Charles Meier authors bill in response to Kilgore hire

By Josh Winters • February 11, 2015
Illinois governor Bruce Rauner gives a preview of the State of the State at the I-Hotel Ballroom on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015.

Rauner gives State of the State preview

By Josh Winters • January 29, 2015
Low-income, minority students face achievement gap in Illinois

Low-income, minority students face achievement gap in Illinois

By Josh Winters • January 28, 2015
University begins construction of new solar farm

University begins construction of new solar farm

By Josh Winters • January 26, 2015

New laws go into effect in Illinois

By Josh Winters • January 20, 2015
Bruce Rauner with his wife, Diana, by his side is sworn in as governor of the State of Illinois on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield, Ill. Rauner's 6 children and son-in-law are on the stage with them.

Compromise, conflict ahead for Illinois following Rauner’s inauguration

By Josh Winters • January 20, 2015
The Illinois House overrode Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a state budget on Thursday. The state has its first budget since 2015.

Rauner sworn in as Illinois governor

By Josh Winters • January 12, 2015

University Police Department sends honor guard members to NYPD officer’s funeral

By Josh Winters • December 27, 2014

Frerichs resigns from Senate seat, search for replacement begins

By Josh Winters • December 27, 2014

Rep. Jakobsson, Ammons hold town hall meeting

By Josh Winters • December 12, 2014

Judge rules Illinois pension reform bill as unconstitutional

By Josh Winters • December 11, 2014
Rebecca Wilson (right), junior in LAS, shows Jakia Hussian, freshman in LAS, a list of potential topics to write to the Illinois State Legislature during the Student Alumni Ambassadors's letter writing campaign at the Illini Union on Wednesday.

Illinois Connection, Student Alumni Ambassadors host letter-writing campaign at Illini Union

By Josh Winters • December 4, 2014
MillerCoors billboards with UI logo near campus taken down

MillerCoors billboards with UI logo near campus taken down

By Josh Winters • December 3, 2014
Election 2014: Behind GOP success, what’s next for the parties

Election 2014: Behind GOP success, what’s next for the parties

By Josh Winters • November 18, 2014
An election judge hands a ballot to a voter at the Salvation Army in Champaign, on election day on Nov. 6, 2012.

Voter turnout lowest since WWII, youth vote just 13 percent of total electorate

By Josh Winters • November 13, 2014
Ed McMillan

Rauner taps Chancellor Wise, Trustee Ed McMillian for transition committee

By Josh Winters • November 11, 2014
Republican candidate for governor Bruce Rauner declares victory at his election night celebration at the Hilton Chicago on Tuesday. 

The $100 million dollar election: Political contributions in Illinois gubernatorial election shatters previous record

By Josh Winters • November 10, 2014

Quinn announces $3.5 million grant for Feed Technology Complex

By Josh Winters • November 3, 2014
Candidates and their stances for the Nov. 4 midterm elections

Candidates and their stances for the Nov. 4 midterm elections

By Josh Winters • October 30, 2014

University of Chicago partners with University engineers to promote startup development

By Josh Winters • October 23, 2014
Alex Lutz, senior in FAA, paints during class at Flagg Hall on Thursday. Applications to the College of Fine and Applied Arts have been dropping since 2008.

College of FAA adapts to falling enrollment numbers and funding

By Josh Winters • October 20, 2014

University scientists team with NASA to discover how life began

By Josh Winters • October 16, 2014

Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights to appear on Illinois November ballot

By Josh Winters • October 8, 2014
University student loan default rate far below national average

University student loan default rate far below national average

By Josh Winters • October 7, 2014
SNAP enrollment in Illinois outpaces jobs added, but stagnant wages could be the problem

SNAP enrollment in Illinois outpaces jobs added, but stagnant wages could be the problem

By Josh Winters • September 24, 2014
President Robert Easter

Presidential Search Committee for Easter replacement moves forward

By Josh Winters • September 18, 2014

Senate Executive Committee discusses Salaita controversy, online courses

By Josh Winters • September 16, 2014
Lauren Rohr | The Daily Illini Supporters of Steven Salaita gathered at the Board of Trustees meeting in the Illini Union on Thursday. The board voted against appointing Salaita to the University faculty, and members of the crowd turned their backs in protest.

Board of Trustees reject Salaita appointment

By Josh Winters • September 15, 2014

Board of Trustees to vote on increase in financial aid

By Josh Winters • September 11, 2014

Salaita supporters host walkout

By Josh Winters • September 10, 2014
Professor Steven Salaita spoke for the first time since the university rescinded his job offer at the YMCA on Tuesday. Hundreds of people gathered, chanted, and cheered, as Salaita spoke about the matter.

Salaita wants reinstatement or will pursue legal action

By Josh Winters • September 10, 2014

Salaita emails reveal possible donor influence in Wise’s decision

By Josh Winters • September 4, 2014

Three departments cast no confidence vote in Wise; AAUP submits letter

By Josh Winters • September 2, 2014

University departments issue no confidence vote in Chancellor Phyllis Wise

By Josh Winters • August 29, 2014
University alum Andrew Assad tears his computer science master's degree in pieces in an effort to protest the University's decision to rescind a job offer to Steven Salaita.

Students demonstrate; call on University to reinstate Salaita

By Josh Winters • August 27, 2014
Students sit outside of the Board of Trustees' Executive Committee meeting on Friday, Aug. 22 to speak out against the University's decision to withdraw Steven Salaita's appointment as a professor for the American Indian Studies program. Trustees denied Salaita's supporters a chance to speak at the meeting.

Students form sit-in at Board of Trustees Executive Committee meeting regarding Salaita’s future

By Josh Winters • August 26, 2014
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