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Government

State of Illinois
City of Champaign
City of Urbana
Champaign County
Champaign County Regional Planning
Commission is in charge of county-level planning of resource, zoning, and economic development.

Urbana Champaign Independent Media
Alternative news source that concentrates on social and economic justice issues in Champaign County. The newspaper is called The Public I.
CU Citizen Citizen Access
"CU Citizen Access is a community online news and information project devoted to investigative and enterprise coverage of social, justice and economic issues in east central Illinois."
Smile Politely
"Smile Politely is Champaign-Urbana's independent online magazine." News and culture.
Illinois Public Media
Local NPR and PBS affiliate WILL.

News-Gazette
Local newspaper for Champaign and Urbana and east central Illinois.

Newsbank - Access World News This link opens in a new window A comprehensive full-text database with sources from more than 200 countries and all 50 U.S. states. This database includes same-day access to The News-Gazette articles and other local papers as well as newspapers from around the world.

Daily Illini
"The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871." Their archive reaches back 8 years.
Parkland Prospectus
Look at current stories from Parkland's student newspaper or search or browse archives since 2008.
Smile Politely
"Smile Politely is Champaign-Urbana's independent online magazine." News and culture.
CU-Citizen Access
A community online news and information project devoted to investigative and enterprise coverage of social, justice and economic issues in east central Illinois.

Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
U.S. Major Dailies This link opens in a new window “U.S. Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers, including The New York Times and Washington Post, co-exclusive access to The Wall Street Journal, and exclusive access to Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. The titles offer researchers thorough and timely coverage of local, regional, and world events with journalistic balance and perspective. The content is available by 8am each day and provides archives stretching as far back as 1985. This database is available on the ProQuest platform.”