
217 Today: Corn has deep roots in Mexico. Now efforts to ban GMO corn place culture and trade at odd
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Today’s headlines: Illinois officials plan to hold a public hearing Tuesday about controversial cuts to state-funded health insurance for low-income immigrants. As

217 Today: Dying and disabled Illinois prisoners kept behind bars, despite new medical release law
Friday, Sept. 1, 2023 Today’s headlines: The Fighting Illini football team opens the season at Memorial Stadium this Saturday against the Toledo Rockets. New legislation

217 Today: Malina Moye brings her musicianship, message, and motivation to Krannert’s Ellnora Guitar Festival
August 31, 2023 Today’s headlines: The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is currently in the process of creating its own nuclear reactors. Next week’s Ellnora Guitar Festival

217 Today: Illinois Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski proposes bill to increase agricultural research funding
August 30, 2023 Today’s headlines: A community collaborative is working to assess the needs of people who are struggling to receive long-term care in Champaign

217 Today: Medicare will begin historic negotiations with pharma to reduce drug prices.
Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Today’s headlines: A Lake County, Illinois judge is denying motions to dismiss the criminal case against the father of the alleged

217 Today: Ex-top aide to Michael Madigan found guilty of perjury and attempted obstruction of justi
Monday, August 28, 2023 Today’s headlines: A lot of Illinois employers will have to start posting salary and benefits information in job listings thanks to

217 Today: Extreme heat highlights federal healthcare program for farmworkers
August 25, 2023 Today’s headlines: Some central Illinois schools are staying closed today as the heat wave continues. Illinois is the first state to pass

217 Today: Trumpeter James Vaughen spreads joy with music
August 24, 2023 Today’s headlines: Champaign, Danville and Urbana Schools close Thursday due to heat. The University of Illinois has conducted research on how the effects

217 Today: How truancy lands some Illinois students in court
August 23, 2023 Today’s headlines: Decatur teaching assistants have been without a contract since June. The School Board for Urbana School District 116 has a

217 Today: How Illinois schools are trying to make truancy less punitive
Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Today’s headlines: Governor J.B. Pritzker welcomed the fall class at the University of Illinois’s Urbana campus Monday, with optimistic words about

217 Today: New permanent program helps farmers donate to food banks
Monday, August 21, 2023 Today’s headlines: The last class of freshmen where race was factored into admissions is starting classes Monday at the University of Illinois.

217 Today: A planned Illinois bill would require lawyers for kids in police interrogations
August 18, 2023 Today’s headlines: A shelter for unhoused men is set to open later this month in Urbana and some residents are voicing concerns for
