Trio of lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, seeks answers after Texas floods
Sorensen is a former TV meteorologist and has proposed several bills pushing to maintain federal support within NOAA and the National Weather Service.
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Traffic fatalities up in Champaign County this year, data shows
Reports show the county saw the highest number of traffic deaths at this point in a year in over two decades. Officials are taking community input to try and understand why.
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NPR news chief announces she’s leaving days after Congress kills federal funding
The veteran news leader’s announcement comes just days after the Republican-led Congress, driven largely by President Trump’s claims of liberal bias at NPR, voted to strip public broadcasting of all federal funding.
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College still pays off, but wage gaps persist in Illinois, study finds
College yields higher earnings postgraduation for all Illinois students, but disparities persist among graduates from low-income families, even if they have the same college degree as peers from more affluent families.
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217 Today: Chancellor Robert Jones reflects on U of I tenure as he prepares for new role at University of Washington
In today’s deep dive, we talk to Chancellor Robert Jones who tells us why leaving the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is the toughest decision he had to make in 46-years of higher education.
