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IMC Radio News April 25, 2005 |
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by Dave Berliner / Sandra Ahten
Email: dugon (nospam) ucimc.org (unverified!) |
26 Apr 2005
Modified: 01:30:41 PM |
You can visit the IMC Radio News Website for Urbana Champaign at http://radio.ucimc.org
Below is this week's IMC Radio News.
http://radio.ucimc.org/archive/IMCRN-2005-04-25.mp3
(27 meg : 29 minutes) |
On today's program Kim Kranich speaks to Sandra Ahten about the history of the LGBT rights movement. Also, Sandra Ahten reports on Champaign County Board Contracting and how it voted down a 50k racial disparity study and Carol Ammons provides a citizen speak on the racial disparity in county board contracting.
2 HEADLINES:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has opened the door for Amergen Energy to build a second nuclear reactor in Clinton Illinois. The U.S. department of energy has agreed to pay Excelon / Amergen $6.3 million to consider building the plant at the clinton site. This comes following a 5 and a half million dollar fine against Ohio's First Energy for a boric acid leak. The NRC fined First Energy because they say the company restarted their reactor without fixing the problem. At the NRC public hearing one speaker said, Excelon Amergen experienced a two year shutdown from 1996 - 1999 without an any detailed explanation. The NRC held this meeting at the Clinton Junior Highschool on Tuesday April, 19 to take public input on the release of an environmental impact statement that could pave the way for future development. According to Kevin Barlow of the clinton daily journal, at one time, Amergen provided at least 86% of the local tax revenue that supported the public school system in Clinton.
Carl Hospital risks loosing it's not for profit status. The champaign county board has taken on an initiative to collect property taxes from both Provena and Carl hospital because it not only means money for the county but also money for the hospital. Provena lost its not for profit status in 2002 and has since paid millions of dollars in taxes and has reorganized its services across the board in efforts to reduce expenditures. Carl is now leaning toward for- profit status with the option to appeal the county board's decision if the change occurs. |
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