Monthly Archives: April 2013
Read more about the article Spot check: Campus emergency alert systems across the countryScreen Shot
The University of Illinios's opt-in system - Illini Alerts - as it appears on a text message.

Spot check: Campus emergency alert systems across the country

By Amy Harwath/CU-CitizenAccess -- A spot check of universities across the Midwest and around the nation has revealed that four-year institutions are inconsistent in…

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Read more about the article Opt-in text alert system leaves many at University of Illinois outDanielle Sheppard
Students check their phones at a bus stop on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus

Opt-in text alert system leaves many at University of Illinois out

By Amy Harwath/CU-CitizenAccess.org -- A Northern Illinois University lecture hall was the target of a mass shooting in 2008 where five persons were killed…

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Read more about the article Community voices questions, concerns to jail consultant at public hearingAmy Harwath
April 17, 2013 - Public Hearing with Dr. Alan Kalmanoff, Executive Director of the Institute for Law and Policy Planning

Community voices questions, concerns to jail consultant at public hearing

By Amy Harwath/CU-CitizenAccess.org -- On Wednesday, April 17 the group Champaign-Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice held a public hearing with jail consultant Alan…

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Read more about the article Two Champaign restaurants failed inspections in MarchContributed/Champaign-Urbana Public Health District
A draft version of a reinspection notice. Public health officials are drafting ordinances that would require food establishments to post a color-coded placard that indicates the results of each health inspection. Yellow means the food establishment failed its health inspection with an adjusted score below 36 and but can remain open pending a reinspection within 30 days.

Two Champaign restaurants failed inspections in March

By Pam G. Dempsey/CU-CitizenAccess.org -- Two restaurants failed restaurant inspections in March, according to the latest health inspection records released this month. The Champaign-Urbana…

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Read more about the article Few restaurants netted top scores on health inspectionsContributed/C-U Public Health District
A picture of a proposed color-coded placard that indicates compliance with local public health ordinances. Public Health officials are looking at ways to make inspection results more public.

Few restaurants netted top scores on health inspections

By Pam G. Dempsey/CU-CitizenAccess -- Just 29 Champaign County eateries ranked in the top scoring health inspections over the past six months, a new CU-CitizenAccess.org…

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Read more about the article CU-CitizenAccess receives national award for project highlighting racial issues in Central IllinoisSam Vega/Hoy

CU-CitizenAccess receives national award for project highlighting racial issues in Central Illinois

CU-CitizenAccess.org has won a national investigative journalism award for its collaborative project with Hoy Chicago looking at changing demographics and racial issues in Central…

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