Pritzker signs anti-book ban legislation
First-in-the-nation law ties state funding to open access policies.
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The story behind Juneteenth and how it became a federal holiday
June 19th was the day in 1865 when a Union officer reached Galveston, Texas and announced their liberation. It would take another century and a half and lots of rallying for the U.S. government to recognize Juneteenth as a federal holiday.
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217 Today: Congolese immigrants chase the American Dream in Galesburg
June 12, 2023 Today’s headlines: Champaign police say there are multiple shooting victims after 2 incidents early Sunday morning. The state network that distributes government grant dollars to Illinois’ rape crisis centers says federal funding came up short this year. An Illinois Congressman is helping determine how much federal money the state needs for broadband…
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Two violent incidents in Champaign leave 8 people in the hospital
Champaign police are investigating two incidents of violence that injured multiple people.
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Scared but ‘not surprised’: CU LGBTQ community on HRC declaration
CHAMPAIGN — The LGBTQ rights organization Human Rights Campaign has declared a national state of emergency for all queer people in the United States, citing the surge of anti-LGBTQ legislation in statehouses around the country. Members of the Champaign-Urbana queer community say they feel scared but not shocked by the announcement. “I wish I could…
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These are the charges Trump was indicted on and what they mean
Updated June 9, 2023 at 3:28 PM ET The federal indictment of former President Donald Trump in the classified documents probe has been unsealed. The indictment lays out 37 federal charges against Trump, including obstruction and unlawful retention of defense information for storing dozens of classified documents at his Florida resort and refusing to return…
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Trump indictment unsealed in documents case I Live updates
The indictment unsealed Friday also says that, unaware of any records being moved, former President Donald Trump’s attorney identified 38 documents with “classified” markings and placed them in a folder, which he sealed with clear duct tape handed to him by Trump valet Walt Nauta.
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217 Today: Asian American scholar weighs in on Affirmative Action ahead of Supreme Court ruling
Friday, June 9, 2023 Today’s headlines: Illinois lawmakers recently passed a bill aimed at protecting out-of-state patients coming here to seek abortion care. Two officers were placed on paid administrative leave while investigations into the killing of a Rantoul man continue. The proposed site of an abortion clinic in Danville has been attacked – again….
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Congolese music icon Ferré Gola performs in CU
Because this is Gola’s first performance in the United States as a solo artist, people are traveling to Champaign-Urbana from across the country to see the performances this weekend.
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Danville’s proposed abortion clinic is attacked for a second time
DANVILLE — A proposed abortion clinic in Danville has been attacked — again. On May 20, an Illinois man drove his car into the clinic and has been charged with attempted arson by federal authorities. Abortion is still legal in the state. “Attacks like this are designed to intimidate and terrorize us out of providing…
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Coroner identifies man killed in fatal Rantoul police-involved shooting
Multiple detectives are investigating a fatal officer involved shooting in Rantoul.
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Donald Trump says he’s been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents
Former President Donald Trump says he’s been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate, igniting a federal prosecution that is arguably the most perilous of multiple legal threats against the former president as he seeks to reclaim the White House.
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Midwest hospitals see an uptick in respiratory cases as wildfire smoke swirls in the region
As wildfires burn in eastern Canada, smoke and pollutants drift over the heavily impacted Northeast and into the Midwest. Poor air quality levels in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, may be hurting people with more sensitive breathing conditions. Some healthcare providers in the Midwest say they are seeing more respiratory illnesses in the past few…
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217 Today: How the pallid sturgeon could be a warning for the Missouri River
Thursday, June 8, 2023 Today’s headlines: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a budget yesterday that he calls balanced and compassionate. Detectives from several jurisdictions are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting in Rantoul. The LGBTQ rights organization Human Rights Campaign has declared a national state of emergency for all queer people in the United States, citing…
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Pritzker touts early education funding in signing $50.4 billion budget
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has traveled the state this week to tout the budget’s funding of his Smart Start initiative, a focal point of his 2024 budget aimed at improving access to preschool, increasing funding for child care providers and investing in early childhood facilities. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed his fifth budget — a…
