Champaign County officials to discuss ways to fill budget gap

URBANA – Champaign County officials won't rule out layoffs to meet a million-dollar deficit as bad economic news piles on.

County department heads will meet Thursday in advance of a 7 p.m. county board finance committee meeting at the Brookens Administrative Center, 1776 E. Washington St., U.

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