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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’s History of Ignoring and Concealing Discrimination Complaints
Urbana, Illinois City Administrator Carol Mitten and past City Attorney James Simon have spent part of their careers ensuring that discrimination complaints are never processed by the City After Urbana, Illinois City Administrator Carol Mitten unlawfully overthrew the...
Evanston Residents not Included in City Manager Hiring Decision – Illinois
A number of residents attended the July 18th Evanston, Illinois City Council meeting to speak about the hiring of a new City Manager. After multiple attempts to hire a new City Manager have failed over the past year or more, it seems Evanston officials are...
Urbana City Administrator Jumps Ship, Heads to Evanston, Illinois
Just weeks after seeking a two year extension to her position as Urbana City Administrator, Carol Mitten plans to resign and take a City Manager job for Evanston, Illinois Urbana, Illinois City Administrator Carol Mitten is planning to resign her position to take a...
Urbana Council Approves $20M Jail Expansion – Illinois
Ward 5 Alderwoman Chaundra Bishop was one of four Council members who voted in favor of the County's jail expansion The Urbana, Illinois City Council voted 4 to 3 tonight to approve an expansion of the Champaign County satellite jail by more than fifty percent in size...
Urbana Council Reappoints Police Review Officials Despite Repeated Misconduct
The Urbana, Illinois City Council unanimously reappointed Anthony Allegretti and Tony Rice (left top and bottom) to the Civilian Police Review Board, despite repeated past misconduct while serving on the Board On June 27th, 2022 the Urbana, Illinois City Council voted...
Urbana Alderman Slams $20M Jail Expansion Plan – Illinois
On July 5th, 2022 the Urbana, Illinois City Council was presented with a plan for expanding the Champaign County jail, which resides within the City limits. The jail expansion plan would be expensive, and it would increase the total number of jail beds from 141...
Urbana Council Poised to Approve $20M Jail Expansion Plan – Illinois
County Board member Jim McGuire tours the Champaign, Illinois County jail On Tuesday, July 5th, the Urbana Illinois City Council Committee of the Whole voted to send a County jail expansion plan forward to the July 11th meeting for a final vote. The proposed...
Urbana Council Reappoints City Attorney David Wesner – Illinois
Urbana, Illinois City Attorney was reappointed by the City Council for an additional two years The Urbana, Illinois City Council has opted to reappoint David Wesner as City Attorney, despite his reputation for getting municipalities into legal trouble with dubious...
Urbana Council Reappoints City Administrator Carol Mitten – Illinois
At a cost of more than $330,000, Urbana, Illinois City Administrator Carol Mitten was appointed for an additional two years The Urbana, Illinois City Council has opted to reappoint the same, often unpopular, City Administrator, Carol Mitten, for an additional two...
Behind Locked Doors, Urbana Officials Lower Police Training Standards – Illinois
(Image from the last publicly broadcast meeting of the Urbana, Illinois Civil Service Commission on March 30th. Traci Nally, Thomas Betz, Elizabeth Borman, Femi Fletcher.) The Urbana, Illinois Civil Service Commission held a meeting on May 25th in a room on the...
Illinois Official Says Zoom Meetings Made Her Victim of Racially Motivated Attacks
A City Council member in Urbana, Illinois made a concerning declaration at a recent City meeting: Councilwoman Shirese Hursey alleged that the utilization of the Zoom conferencing platform by the City for public meetings during COVID attracted “blatant racism”, and...
One in Nine Urbana, Illinois Police Officers Seeking Employment Elsewhere
Urbana, Illinois Interim Chief of Police Richard Surles says that officer shortage could cause "significant operational challenges" According to a statement issued by Urbana, Illinois Interim Chief of Police Richard Surles on June 2nd, more than ten percent the City’s...
Urbana City Attorney’s False Claims About Public Participation in Open Meetings
Urbana, Illinois City Attorney David Wesner Members of the public are still waiting to hear an explanation from Urbana, Illinois City Attorney David Wesner in regards to his erroneous legal guidance on an Open Meetings Act (OMA) issue. Nearly a year ago, Wesner...
Private Security Team Hired by City of Champaign to Patrol Downtown Area – Illinois
A private security team from AGB Security Service will police the downtown Champaign, Illinois area for the summer A team of private security guards hired by the City of Champaign, Illinois have arrived to patrol the downtown area during busy hours for the rest of the...
License Plate Camera Installations Underway in Champaign, Illinois
Tracy Chong (author of CU Perspective) interviews a Flock Safety employee as he installs a license plate reader at the intersection of Windsor & Galen in Champaign, IL Residents of Champaign have likely started to notice the dozens of automatic license plate...
Urbana, Illinois Police Ignore Use of Force Reporting Requirements
Interim Police Chief Richard Surles (bottom left) and Interim Deputy Police Chief Matt Bain (bottom right) have continued the effort led by recently resigned Police Chief Bryant Seraphin (bottom center) to reduce police oversight in Urbana, Illinois (photo taken at...
Urbana Police Still Refuse to Track Use of Force Incidents – Illinois
On April 14th, 2022 Check CU reported that the Urbana, Illinois Police Department (UPD) had ceased use of force review in September of 2021 – immediately after getting their new Fraternal Order of Police contract pushed through City Council. New records acquired from...
Urbana Mayor’s Changing Stories on OMA Public Input
Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin has been flip-flopping her position on Open Meetings Act (OMA) compliance in regards to public input. On July 6th 2021, Marlin claimed that allowing remote public input, as the City Council had been doing for more than a year, would...
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