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President Biden on Wednesday announced new efforts that he says will help American farmers mitigate some of the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine on the food supply. As part of a trip to Illinois, the White House announced three new initiatives it says will support farmers, including $500 million for domestic fertilizer production. The effort comes as overall inflation remained near a 40-year-high in April, largely driven by food prices. The food index has risen 9.4% over last year and Source link

Illinois has bowed out of the NCAA tournament in the second round for the second straight season. Last year as a No. 1 seed, the Illini were shocked in the Round of 32 by Loyola Chicago. This time around as a No. 4 seed in the South region, Illinois was no match for the physicality and athleticism of No. 5 Houston. Houston out-hustled Illinois, the Big Ten champions, throughout the first half to build a double-digit lead, withstood an Illinois run that tied the game early in the second half… Source link

Illinois guard RJ Melendez got a technical foul after a fast-break dunk during the second half of the Illini’s second-round men’s NCAA tournament loss to Houston. Melendez was sprinting down court before he dunked the ball and it was obvious to anyone watching that he had to hold onto the rim to prevent himself from flying off and potentially landing dangerously. But the officials calling the game somehow ruled that Melendez intentionally hung on the rim for longer than he needed to and he… Source link

Bret Bielema is returning to the Big Ten … and the Midwest. Bielema was announced as the 26th football head coach in Illinois history Saturday. Bielema — an Illinois native — takes over a program previously run by Lovie Smith, who was fired Sunday after five seasons with the team. Bielema was rumored to be among the many coaches Illinois would consider for the position. His contract with Illinois will run six seasons and include an annual salary of $4.2 million. Illinois director of… Source link

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has administered one million COVID-19 tests over the course of 2020, according to the school’s dashboard. This means that the school — which is located in Central Illinois, about 150 miles south of Chicago — has done more tests than the states of Wyoming, Vermont, South Dakota, Montana, Hawaii, Idaho, Delaware, Kansas, New Hampshire, and Maine. “This milestone is far more than an accumulation of lab results,” the school’s… Source link

After years of apathy and precious few signs of progress, the coaching job at the University of Illinois has finally opened. Lovie Smith’s tenure unfolded much as predicted, as he struggled on the field, made little mark on the recruiting trail and spent little time not firmly lodged in the Big Ten West basement. As athletic director Josh Whitman attempts to upgrade, here’s who he’ll be exploring. Sean Lewis, Kent State After failing with an aging coach, would Whitman attempt to catch a… Source link

In a set of new lawsuits, two Illinois residents argue that three tech giants violated state laws prohibiting the use of personal biometric data without permission. Illinois residents Steven Vance and Tim Janecyk allege that images of their faces appeared in IBM’s “Diversity in Faces” database without their consent and were used to train facial recognition systems at Amazon, Microsoft and Google’s parent company Alphabet. While all three companies are based on the West Coast,… Source link