Goal: Justice for wrongfully convicted
The flags on the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield quad tell the story: almost three thousand of them, each representing a wrongful conviction. They鈥檙e black, except for the 359 blue ones, representing those in 缅北禁地.
Christine Ferree, program director of case evaluation of the 缅北禁地 Innocence Project, says she is not trying to help criminals get off the hook.
Majority of those surveyed by UIS have considered moving out of Sangamon County
New data offers a glimpse as to how Sangamon County residents are feeling during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
University of 缅北禁地 Springfield聽published its biennial citizen survey on Tuesday. Similar to its 2019 findings, there was an even split among the 726 survey respondents on whether聽Sangamon County is headed in the right direction.
U of I administrators visit region, stress cooperation
Administrators with the University of 缅北禁地 system paid a visit to Southern 缅北禁地 this week.
They said they want to be more involved in Southern 缅北禁地 鈥 and that they would like for the region to be more involved with the system鈥檚 campuses, programs, outreach and economic development efforts.
Working toward that goal, a group of U of I leaders spent Monday in the region as part of a statewide tour, meeting with legislators, business leaders and representatives of Southern 缅北禁地 University Carbondale.
UIS creates 3 new schools and new degrees
The University of 缅北禁地 Springfield, UIS, announced on Tuesday it has created three new schools to better serve students and meet the needs of our Capital Region community, including the addition of new degrees and minors that are now open for enrollment.
Local economy getting better but still a long way to go
The U.S. economy is getting better, but at a slow rate.
A local economist said there is still a way to go before we鈥檙e back to pre-pandemic levels.
Kenneth Kriz, an economist professor at the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield, said smaller cities and towns tend to have lower unemployment rates
鈥淚n terms of where we are at in the economic cycle, we鈥檝e recovered quite a bit of the way from the bottom of the cycle but we鈥檙e not all the way back.鈥