Friday, April 19, 2024
Today’s headlines:
- Patient advocates are backing an effort led by Governor J.B. Pritzker to ban junk insurance plans in Illinois.
- Some Illinois mayors are pushing back against Governor J.B. Pritzker’s idea to cut the state’s one percent grocery tax.
- The Illinois Senate passed legislation this week aimed at supporting local media in the state.
- A new facility that raises fly larvae for animal feed has been built in Decatur.
In today’s deep dive, we’ll listen to a conversation with Kennedy Vincent — the new host of IPM’s “Dialogue.”
217 Today is produced by Stephanie Mosqueda. Reporting contributed by Mawa Iqbal, Alex Degman, Jade Marceau, Jim Meadows and Kimberly Schofield.
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