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News :: Prisons |
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New Jail Phone Rates in Effect |
by Sandra Ahten
Email: spiritofsandra (nospam) hotmail.com |
12 Mar 2005
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The Champaign County Board has negotiated new jail phone rates with Evercom. These substantially lower rates are the results of the County Board directing the negotiating team to begin the negotiating process ELIMINATING the $14,000 montly compensation" / "kickback" that they had been receiving. |
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News :: Gender and Sexuality : Health |
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Community Meeting on Access to Emergency Contraception |
by John Hilty
Email: jhilty (nospam) shout.net |
02 Mar 2005
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 A community meeting was held on Access to Emergency Contraception (EC). Several speakers described EC and its availability at the local, state, and national level. The keynote speaker was Destiny Lopez, who focused on the campaign to make EC more available in New York City and the state of New York, and the attitudes Latinos often have toward EC. |
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News :: Prisons |
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Jail Phone Victory! |
by Sandra Ahten
Email: spiritofsandra (nospam) hotmail.com |
25 Feb 2005
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Advocates for eliminating the practice of Champaign County accepting a kickback from the jail phone provider saw victory Thursday night as the Champaign County Board voted to completely eliminate the “compensation.” Champaign County has been accepting compensation for their phone contract since at least 1998. |
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News :: Elections & Legislation |
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First Green Precinct Committee People! |
by Zach Miller
Email: zach (nospam) chambana.net |
24 Feb 2005
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On Friday, Green Party Candidates from the 2004 County Board races will appoint precinct committee people for the Green Party in Champaign and Urbana, now an established party under Illinois Law for those county board seats. |
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Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights |
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Jail Phone Issue is Coming To a Head |
by Sandra Ahten
Email: spiritofsandra (nospam) hotmail.com |
22 Feb 2005
Modified: 23 Feb 2005 |
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Champaign County Board needs to hear from those who oppose keeping the $14000 monthy kick back that is funded on the backs of the families of the poorest jail inmates. The meeting is this Thursday Feb. 24 at 7pm. |
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News :: Elections & Legislation |
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Laurel Prussing Trumps Satterthwaite, Urbana Gets First Female Mayor! |
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by IMCista |
22 Feb 2005
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With all 23 precincts reporting:
Prussing 2507
Hursey 125
Satterthwaite 2237
Not enough disputed ballots to make a difference |
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Announcement :: Elections & Legislation |
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It's Election Day! Polls are open until 7 pm. |
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by IMCista |
22 Feb 2005
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In Urbana, It's the Democratic primary, but it might as be the general election since there are few contested races in the general election.
In Champaign, there is only one name on the ballot and several write-ins.
URBANA
Mayor: Laurel Prussing v. Tod Satterthwaite v. Shirley Hersey
Ward 4: Brandon Bowersox v. Casey Diana
Ward 5: Dennis Roberts v. Ricky Baldwin
Ward 7: Lynn Barnes v. Durl Kruse
CHAMPAIGN
District 1: Gina Jackson
Vote the same place you did in November election. |
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News :: Elections & Legislation : Government Secrecy |
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Satterthwaite Campaign Misleading Urbana |
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by Ben Grosser |
13 Feb 2005
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The Satterthwaite for Mayor campaign recently sent a postcard to registered voters in Urbana that has sparked a controversy over the accuracy of its claims. The card claims Satterthwaite was a strong supporter of the Urbana Free Library expansion project. Many others involved in that project, and documented facts concerning its history, contradict those claims. |
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