Capitol Briefs: IDOT workers authorize strike; attorney general warns of AI election scams
Negotiations over contracts represent about 3,800 Teamsters around the state.
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WILL Call: What’s Happening in Champaign-Urbana Feb. 8 – Feb. 11
Listen to Kimberly Schofield and Owen Henderson 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. CU Folks & Roots Festival Winter Weekend 2024 Date & Time: Thursday, February 8th – Saturday, February 10th, 5:00 p.m. –…
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217 Today: A Dialogue with Urbana Police Chief Larry D. Boone
Friday, February 9, 2024 Today’s headlines: A man is in critical condition after being shot in downtown Champaign. Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin is in Washington, D.C. but remains focused on infrastructure issues back at home. Illinois Republicans are hoping – again – that they’re not entirely shut out of this year’s state budget process….
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217 Today: Victoria Vincent gets serious about her comedy
Thursday, February 8, 2024 Today’s headlines: Three Democratic lawmakers in Springfield are pushing to make fertility services more accessible. Some Illinois lawmakers say this is the year they’ll approve a statewide child tax credit. A judge is denying former President Donald Trump’s bid to stall an objection to his place on Illinois’ primary election ballot….
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Rantoul community honors Azaan Lee one year after he was killed by police
RANTOUL — Community members met Wednesday night in Rantoul to commemorate the life of 21-year-old Azaan Lee after he was shot and killed by police one year ago. Rantoul Police Officer Jose Aceves shot and killed Azaan Lee while investigating a stolen car. Aceves resigned just over a month after the shooting, according to documents…
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Victoria Vincent gets serious about her comedy
Victoria Vincent is a rising star in the Chicago comedy scene and is performing at the Illini Union this Friday, February 9th at 7pm. Vincent, who started her career as a healthcare worker and still holds her medical license, was named one of the Just for Laughs New Faces in 2022 and is a regular…
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Trump’s Illinois ballot challenge to move forward
Cook County judge declines to stay case pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Colorado case.
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Former Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey running to unseat Mike Bost in Illinois’ 12th District
Darren Bailey and Mike Bost running in Illinois 12th District primary.
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217 Today: Former GOP candidate for governor Darren Bailey running to unseat Mike Bost in 12th District
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Today’s headlines: Abortion providers and advocates say they’re seeing more violence against their patients and workers. Progressive lawmakers and activists are trying to make Illinois the 8th state to eliminate the subminimum wage for tipped workers. The American Red Cross continues to face an emergency blood storage. A local stylist is heading to…
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Illinois man gets 5 years for trying to burn down planned abortion clinic
Buyno pleaded guilty in September to a federal charge of attempting to use fire to damage a building used in interstate commerce.
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The U.S. hopes to build more pipelines for carbon capture. Landowners don’t want them
Thousands of miles of oil and natural gas pipelines already crisscross the country. Now, many more are being proposed to carry things like hydrogen and carbon dioxide as ways to combat climate change. The pipeline runs right through Kenny Davis’ modest Scott County, Illinois, farm, where he had planned to build a home for him…
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Accidents, injuries and a death at ADM Decatur raise concerns for workers’ safety
Just months before he was planning to retire, 66-year-old Robert Dautel was killed in an accident at the railyard just off of the Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) West plant in Decatur, Illinois. On April 11, 2023, Dautel was in a locomotive operated remotely by a trainee. The locomotive struck a line of 25 stationary rail cars, crushing…
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217 Today: Northern Illinois juvenile detention centers non-compliant in education and discipline
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Today’s headlines: After taking a two-week break, Illinois lawmakers are back in Springfield Tuesday – with some unfinished business to attend to. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate approved a new master’s degree Monday in game development. The Fighting Illini women’s basketball team lost in overtime Monday night against the Purdue Boilermakers, 77…
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Capitol Briefs: State gets ‘average’ lung cancer grade, announces opioid settlements, manufacturing grants
Lung Association rates state policies; opioid funds top $1.3 billion; Made in Illinois program launches.
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5 Ways America’s courts could change health care in 2024
Health care policy experts are keeping close tabs on the courts in 2024. Judges are poised to weigh in on health policies — new ones, like Medicare’s power to negotiate drug prices, and old ones, like the Affordable Care Act’s insurance rules. The ramifications of these decisions, some on politically charged issues such as abortion…
