Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Today’s headlines:
- A new report highlights the mountain of work ahead to make banking in Illinois more racially equitable.
- There’s less than a week until the primary election, and the newly drawn 13th Congressional district is Democratic-leaning, but far from decided.
- Conservative gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey is feeling optimistic about his campaign.
In today’s deep dive, we’ll hear how sickle cell disease can affect fertility in both men and women and how many find they are unable to access fertility treatments to have children.
217 Today is produced by Sydney Wood. Reporting today contributed by Alex Degman, Harrison Malkin and Farah Yousry.