Friday, October 4, 2024
Today’s headlines:
- The Youth Literature Festival is now underway in Champaign-Urbana.
- Food and building service workers at the U of I Urbana campus have voted to ratify a new three-year contract.
- A new report shows Illinois’ infant mortality rates are trending down.
- Illinois’ major natural gas utilities have rolled out the state’s first-ever income-based discount program.
In today’s deep dive, we’ll listen to a conversation with a multidisciplinary artist as they reflect on why it’s important to share our stories and not hold back emotion.
217 Today is produced by Stephanie Mosqueda. Reporting today contributed by Diana Zhang, Jim Meadows, Araceli Gomez-Aldana, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco and Adelyn Mui.