Democrats flex muscle to kick off final month of session as revenues remain on track
Forecasting agency says there’s ‘no April surprise’ as month’s haul meets expectations.
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WILL Call: What’s Happening in Champaign-Urbana May. 02 – May. 05
Listen to Kimberly Schofield and Adelyn Mui talk about weekend events on IPM News AM 580 and FM 90.9 – Wednesdays at 6:45 and 8:45 a.m., and Thursdays at 5:44 p.m. Urbana High School Presents: Kala: A Musical Faerie Tale Date & Time: Thursday, May 2nd through Saturday, May 4th at 7:00…
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Taking the fight South? Pritzker’s nonprofit spends $500K in Florida — battling over abortion rights
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is taking aim at the country’s next big abortion rights battle with a $500,000 investment to support a ballot initiative that would enshrine abortion protections in Florida’s constitution.
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217 Today: Wool prices are so low, Midwest sheep producers have to find new uses – or raise sheep without it
Friday, May 3, 2024 Today’s headlines: About 100 people joined a labor rally at the Illini Union in Urbana on Thursday. It’s an annual Springfield ceremony no one looks forward to – memorializing police officers who died in the line of duty. Between 2018 and 2022, Tyson Foods released more than 370 million pounds of pollution….
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Law enforcement community honors fallen officers at Illinois Capitol
Six officers memorialized at annual ceremony.
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217 Today: Curbs can be a physical and social barrier for wheelchair users. One program teaches kids to roll past them
Thursday, May 2, 2024 Today’s headlines: One of the two protesters arrested during last Friday’s Pro-Palestine rally at the University of Illinois was arraigned in the Champaign County Court on Wednesday. Wednesday marked the 16th annual Illinois Muslim Action Day, or IMAD, at the Illinois Statehouse. A top obesity doctor in Illinois says the state should…
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Democrats muscle through changes to ballot access, advisory questions
Amendment was introduced and passed within hours.
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Curbs can be a physical and social barrier for wheelchair users. One program teaches kids to roll past them
Wheelchairs may seem straightforward to use, until you need to move up and down hills or stairs. Around 3.7 million people use a wheelchair in the United States. They push themselves an average of 2,000 to 3,000 times a day, but some don’t have access to formal skills training that helps them smoothly navigate the…
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Pritzker administration official defends grocery tax cut as report projects modest relief for families
A report looking at the potential impact of eliminating Illinois’ grocery tax suggests most families would see only modest relief, while municipalities would face a “consequential” revenue shortfall. However, the Pritzker administration remains committed to the cut, saying it disproportionately impacts low-income households. Gov. JB Pritzker called for the permanent elimination of the 1% grocery…
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217 Today: Weight-loss drug coverage for Illinois state workers could cost hundreds of millions of dollars
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Today’s headlines: The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is now home to a document that historians say helped start the Civil War. Environmental advocacy groups lobbied Illinois lawmakers at the first-ever Conservation Day at the Statehouse. Two major labor unions are skeptical of a proposal out of Springfield to consolidate the…
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Illinois schools have to offer a vegan lunch if a student request it in advance. Urbana schools go one step further.
Since the fall of 2023 a state law requires all Illinois school districts to provide vegan lunches if requested by a student in advance. Urbana School District 116 goes one step further and offers vegan lunches every day.
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Amidst Palestinian demonstration at the University of Illinois, Jewish pride event takes place near Alma Mater
URBANA – Local Jewish organizations came together at the University of Illinois Alma Mater Tuesday afternoon for a show of Jewish pride amidst the third day of a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. “What’s happening on campus right now, a lot of us are scared. They’re scared to be Jewish. They’re scared to be Israeli,” said…
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After 3 years, state poised to enforce law aiming to end lending discrimination
State-level Community Reinvestment Act finally was mired in rulemaking process.
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Lincoln’s Civil War order to block Confederate ports donated to Illinois by governor and first lady
The document will go on display at the presidential museum from Wednesday to February 2025.
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217 Today: 15 migrant couples got married in Chicago: See the prep, ceremony and wedding party
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Today’s headlines: A protester arrested at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the University of Illinois was released Monday after about 60 hours in the Champaign County jail. Some Jewish students at the University of Illinois’ Urbana campus are commemorating Passover while camping out for Palestine. The Illinois Department of Corrections is proposing moving…
