217 Today: Raising roosters is big business. Now a push to ease penalties for cockfighting is ruffling feathers

217 Today: Raising roosters is big business. Now a push to ease penalties for cockfighting is ruffling feathers

Monday, March 18, 2024 Today’s headlines: A proposal in Springfield would ban the sale and distribution of some products made with so-called “forever chemicals” starting next year. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s office announced plans to demolish and rebuild two rundown prisons. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began. A Palestinian activist in Champaign says this…