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Timothy Killeen, president of the University of Illinois System, speaks to reporters outside of the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.
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The president of the University of Illinois System said this week that negotiations are continuing over legislation to overhaul the way the state funds higher education, but the state’s flagship university remains opposed to the legislation in its current form.
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The new movie is made up of footage originally shot in the early 1970s, which Luhrmann found in storage in a Kansas salt mine.
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