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This non-profit site was established to aid in disseminating information about relevant issues in the Champaign-Urbana area. Transparency and access to public records is paramount to functioning government and since the public bodies within CU are failing in that regard, civilians must do the work. If you have files or documents that are of public interest, please consider sending them to Check CU so that we can make them publicly accessible.
-Christopher Hansen, Founder
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Urbana Mayor Claims Remote Public Input Would be OMA Violation
Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin made a curious declaration during the July 6th City Council meeting. After numerous requests from the public that the City continue allowing residents to speak at meetings remotely (such as via Zoom), the Mayor has decided that doing so...
Two Dozen OMA Violations by City of Champaign in Past Eight Months
Champaign City Attorney Frederick Stavins and City Manager Dorothy David Approval of minutes is a fairly typical item to find on the meeting agenda for any public body in Illinois. The minutes serve as a written accounting of the actions and votes of a public body,...
Hackers Take Down Illinois Attorney General Website & Services for More than a Week
Early last week the Illinois Attorney General website that provides vital services to Illinois residents and governmental bodies was taken down, and it is still down. The mysterious incident has cause the website residing at ilattorneygeneral.net to become completely...
Urbana Council Flounders with Open Meetings Act Violations Determination from AG
The Mayor of Urbana and the Council who helped her promote content-based speech restrictions at public meetings are struggling to cope with a recent Attorney General determination that their meeting rules violate state law. The Council discussed the AG ruling at...
Champaign County Clerk Considering Terrorism in Crashed Website
As reported last night, the Champaign County Clerk’s website went down shortly after the polls closed, which meant that residents could not view the April 6th election results. County Clerk Aaron Ammons began posting large batches of screen shots of text files to his...
Champaign County Clerk’s Website Down on Election Night
The Champaign County Clerk’s website has been down most of the night and residents are left waiting on the vote count for more than a hundred candidates running in various races across the County. Polling places in Champaign County closed at 7pm today, and results for...
AG: Urbana Mayor, Council Violated Open Meetings Act Multiple Times with Speech Restrictions
The Illinois Attorney General has issued a determination against the City of Urbana in regards to three Open Meetings Act complaints submitted to the Public Access Counselor (PAC) late last year. According to the PAC, Mayor Diane Marlin and the Urbana City...
Urbana’s Only Third Party Candidate, Colin Dodson
This election season, Urbana will have a third party candidate on the ballot for the first time since 2009, when an Independent and a Green Party candidate ran for Mayor. Colin Dodson, who is seeking the Urbana City Council seat in Ward 2, is running under the Party...
City of Champaign Sued for Unlawfully Concealing Discrimination Complaints
The February 1st 2021 meeting of the Champaign Human Relations Commission (HRC) revealed a most bizarre and nonsensical City of Champaign policy: according to City staff, the HRC and the public are not allowed to see or know any details about Human Rights complaints...
Urbana Exempts City from Accountability Under Human Rights Ordinance
On March 8th the Urbana City Council finally brought a resolution to an issue that has been under discussion since January. The Council voted to remove City employees and officials from the Urbana Human Rights Ordinance such that residents cannot follow through on a...
Urbana Mayor to Promote Officer Involved in Aleyah Lewis Beating
Sgt. James Cory Koker helps pin down Urbana resident Aleyah Lewis on April 10, 2020 At tonight’s Urbana City Council meeting, Mayor Diane Marlin will be seeking approval from the Council for the appointment of a handful of positions, such as Deputy Fire Chief and City...
Urbana Police Sergeant Jokes about Harassing Concerned Bystander
Body worn camera video recovered from the Urbana Police Department shows that police officers and their supervisors seem to have contempt for the public’s right to oversight. In the video, Sgt. James Cory Koker can be heard joking about how he should have told a...
Vandal Used Cordless Drill to Puncture Tires on Over 100 Cars in Urbana
Two vehicles parked just off of West Illinois St in Urbana, all left-side tires punctured. Dozens of West Urbana residents awoke Monday morning to discover one or more flat tires on vehicles parked in the neighborhood. Urbana Police began receiving calls early...
Champaign Police Still Focused on Image Instead of Outcome
Champaign Police Department staff give a presentation to the City Council on February 9, 2021 On February 9th the Champaign City Council convened with just one agenda item: the “Champaign Police Department Update”. The official update was provided as an 86 page...
No Due Process with Urbana Police Complaints
On January 15th, the Urbana Civilian Police Review Board (CPRB) convened for an appeals hearing in regards to a handful of police complaints filed more than a year prior. A number of issues arose which seem to indicate that due process is of little concern in regards...
U of I Professors Claim “City is Under Attack” by Radical Extremists
University of Illinois Professor and Urbana City Council member Erik Jakobsson University of Illinois Professor and former City Council member Eric Jakobsson has joined the small group of conspiracy theorists who believe the City of Urbana is under attack by...
Urbana Ward 2 Alderman: “City is Under Attack” by Radical Extremists on the Ballot
Erik Sacks, Appointed to the Ward 2 City Council seat by Mayor Marlin in late December The newly seated Alderman for Urbana City Council Ward 2, Erik Sacks, has an interesting take on the upcoming Primary election in Urbana. According to Sacks, the wave of...
Urbana Mayor to Assign FOIA Officer, After Months of Violation
It seems the City of Urbana will finally be rectifying a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) violation which has been ongoing for multiple months. At the February 8th City Council meeting, Mayor Diane Marlin will designate a FOIA Officer, a position which is...
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