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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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U of I Student Andy Ma Runs for Mayor in Urbana
Andy (Yinxi) Ma is running in the Democratic Primary for Mayor of Urbana (photo provided) U of I student Andy Ma will run against three other candidates in the 2021 Democratic primary election for the Urbana Mayor spot. Ma will finish his degree in political...
City of Urbana Sued for Concealing Records on Illegal FOIA Fees
Just four days after being hit with an Open Meetings Act lawsuit, the City of Urbana is now facing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit. The complaint, which was filed with the Champaign County Sixth Judicial Circuit court of Illinois on November...
Champaign ACLU Shows Contempt for Residents Upholding Free Speech and Human Rights
A series of email snafus by Champaign County ACLU representatives has exposed a rather unsavory face of the civil liberties organization that we generally expect to act in the interests of the public. Champaign County ACLU president Carol Leff attempted to send an...
Twenty-four Candidates File for City of Urbana 2021 Primary Election
The candidate petitions for Urbana’s 2021 primary election, to be held on February 23rd, have all been processed by the City Clerk. Twenty-four candidates filed petitions for eleven different positions: Mayor, City Clerk, Township Assessor, Township Supervisor,...
Mayor Diane Marlin & Urbana City Council Face Lawsuit for Open Meetings Act Violations
On Friday, November 20th, a complaint was filed in Champaign County Sixth Judicial Circuit court of Illinois alleging Open Meetings Act Violations by the Urbana City Council and the Mayor of Urbana Diane Marlin. The lawsuit cites multiple Urbana City Council meetings...
Urbana’s Solution to Police Misconduct: Secrecy and Censorship
Demonstrators amass just north of the Urbana City Building on June 1st, carrying signs for George Floyd, Aleyah Lewis, Black Lives Matter, and innumerable slogans for police reform and accountability. After the killing of George Floyd in May, almost every government...
Urbana Police TASER Video Shows Blatant Misconduct, Circumstances Similar to the Aleyah Lewis Arrest
A young male screams out as Urbana Police Officers use a prohibited drive-stun TASER technique to inflict pain. The individual had not been suspected of having committed any crime, did not have any weapons, and showed willingness to comply before being tackled to the...
“Opinions” Not Allowed at Urbana City Council Meetings
The November 16th Urbana City Council meeting brought greater insight into the heavy-handed and poorly defined public speaking rules imposed last month. Apparently, the rules created by Mayor Diane Marlin which disallow “negative comments”, as well as “abusive”,...
Urbana Police Chief Finally Admits Misconduct in Aleyah Lewis Arrest
It has been more than 7 months since the violent arrest of Urbana resident Aleyah Lewis. Tens of thousands of people have watched the videos of Urbana Police Officers throwing Lewis to the ground, pinning her, punching her in the head, and kneeing her in the...
U of I Professor Threatens Lawsuit Against City of Urbana if Zoning Change is Allowed
U of I Assistant Professor Erik J. Sacks Threatens Lawsuit Over Zoning Proposal One Urbana resident and U of I Professor is particularly unhappy with a proposed zoning change to a row of houses on West High St in Urbana. The proposal is to rezone 5 contiguous...
Urbana’s New Community Engagement Coordinator Restricts Community Speech, Mutes Resident for Mentioning Police Chief
Urbana Police Use of Force Listening Session (Mayor Diane Marlin, Chief Bryant Seraphin, Lieutenant Joel Sanders, Community Engagement Coordinator Sherman Lemond Peppers) An Urbana Police Listening session revealed some disturbing behavior from Urbana’s new...
Zero Youth Participants at Urbana Police Youth Listening Session
Urbana Police Use of Force Listening Session for Youth (Mayor Diane Marlin, Chief Bryant Seraphin, Deputy Chief Richard Surles, Community Engagement Coordinator Sherman Lemond Peppers, Lieutenants Joel Sanders and Matthew Bain, School Resource Officer Chad Burnett. ...
Urbana Hearing on Human Rights: No, Mr. Simon, the City is Not Exempt from its Own Anti-Discrimination Laws
On the evening of November 10th, a special hearing of the Urbana Human Relations Commission was convened at the City Building for an appeals hearing to a Human Rights complaint. I filed the complaint myself on September 14th, and City Attorney James Simons...
Urbana Hearing: Is the City Exempt from its Own Anti-Discrimination Laws?
On Tuesday November 10 at 5:30pm, a special hearing body of the Urbana Human Relations Commission will consider an appeal to a discrimination complaint that was dismissed by the City Attorney. Urbana City Attorney James Simon, for the second time this year, has...
Urbana Mayor Calls for Residents to be Muted for Criticizing Public Officials
Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin continued her new tactic of actively muting residents for criticizing public officials at City meetings at the November 9th City Council meeting. Since March, Urbana has been holding all of their meetings using the Zoom conferencing...
Complainant Not Allowed Legal Representation at Urbana Human Rights Hearing
I just received a rather concerning email from Daniel Larson of the Urbana Human Relations Commission. In preparation for a hearing in regards to a Human Rights complaint that I filed in September, I made a number of inquiries with Larson, who is to serve as...
Urbana Plan Commission Delays Development Hearing for Two Weeks Following Public Criticism
The November 5th meeting of the Urbana Plan Commission contained more of the same: a small number of West Urbana residents upset at virtually any kind of change near their neighborhood. The Commission held two hearings. The first was a fairly simple request by...
Urbana City Administrator Tattles on Police Review Board in Regards to Complaint Filing Requirements
Urbana City Administrator Carol Mitten speaks to the Council on November 2nd, 2020 City Administrator Carol Mitten gave a presentation at the November 2nd Urbana City Council meeting in regards to a contentious police complaint requirement that has been under...
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