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Charleston City Council voted to increase the ambulance rates at Tuesday night's meeting. Mayor John Inyart said the purpose of the rate hikes is to keep up with Medicare and Medicaid rates - and with the costs of providing the service. The rate hike was unanimously approved. (0) comments
Angela Griffin said Tuesday the Bush administration's ties to Texas have caused the Department of Energy to re-evaluate FutureGen Alliance's decision to build its facility in Mattoon. Last week, a report surfaced that said the department was looking into restructuring the project to have several smaller research sites throughout the country rather than just one site in Mattoon. (0) comments
In seven minutes, Larry Keck learned his business would for pay a $500 fine and serve a 21-day suspension from selling alcohol at Jerry's Pizza & Pub. The ruling came Tuesday stemming from a Sept. 16 bar raid. Jerry's was charged with 88 counts of violating Charleston liquor license laws. (0) comments
Around 10 a.m. Friday, an error message showed up on the server for many degree audits. "Degree audits are a check of courses toward graduation; they tell students what they still have to take." said Sue Harvey, registrar. An ITS employee said this problem was resolved within a couple of hours. (0) comments
Nine senators will be appointed as committee chairpersons during today's Student Government meeting. In between candidate interviews, newly elected Speaker of the Senate Megan Ogulnick sat down with The Daily Eastern News to discuss her thoughts on each committee's work last semester. (0) comments
Andrew White's freshman foundation class adopted a second grade class in Texas. The elementary class, taught by Eastern alumni Kara Gonzalez, received handmade Eastern T-shirts and letters from the foundations class about working hard for college. White said he wanted his students to experience what it's like to "be on the giving end. (0) comments
Eastern still does not own the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The deed to the building under construction along 7th Street is currently held by the Capital Development Board. The Capital Development Board manages construction projects for the state of Illinois and oversees design and construction on elementary, high school and university facilities as well as museum and historic sites. (0) comments
Eastern officials have a dream. With projects like Doudna getting closer to completion, their dream is becoming reality. Doudna is in what the Facilities Planning and Management Web site calls the "finishes phase" and is one of the projects outlined in Eastern's Campus Master Plan. (0) comments
Rose heads back to Springfield; check presentation canceled The Illinois Arts Council check presentation for Thursday is canceled. Rep. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, has been called back to Springfield and will not be on campus Thursday. The presentation had been planned for 11 a. (0) comments
