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Public hearing scheduled on Sangamon County data center proposal | First Listen

By Sean Crawford

Published November 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM CST

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First Listen for Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025

- The public will have a chance to weigh in on a proposed data center project in southwest Sangamon County at a meeting set for Dec. 3 at the Bank of Springfield Center.

- An Illinois congressman talks about recently released emails from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

- Fmr. Springfield public school superintendent Diane Rutledge has been honored with the First Citizen Award

- The director of Illinois Public Media in Urbana has been removed from that position