September 21, 2023 Today’s headlines: A local mosque is gathering funds for survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit Morocco earlier this month. Illinois U.S. Senator Dick Durbin is calling on his colleagues in Washington to pass the Credit Card Competition Act. Democratic Congressman Eric Sorensen says he and his colleagues on the House Agriculture…
September 20, 2023 Today’s headlines: On National Voter Registration Day the first Black sorority in history joined with the Champaign County Clerk’s office and League of Women Voters to get Champaign County registered to vote for next year’s election. In the wake of disturbing allegations of sexual harassment by leaders at the National Association of Realtors,…
September 15, 2023 Today’s headlines: The Fighting Illini football team plays their first Big Ten Conference game of the season Saturday against the Penn State Nittany Lions. The Danville Symphony Orchestra is getting ready for its first season since the retirement of longtime music director Jeremy Swerling. Parents and students from Chicago Catholic schools are…
September 14, 2023 Today’s headlines: The annual Pygmalion festival returns to Champaign-Urbana next week and two winners of RuPaul’s Drag Race will be an opening act. Book bans have been growing in many states. Some Illinois experts on the subject brought the matter before the U.S. Congress. Illinois is set to eliminate cash bail in…
September 13, 2023 Today’s headlines: Teaching assistants and security officers with the Decatur School District 61 rallied on Tuesday for wages they say they can live on. Transgender Illinoisans must now seek permission to compete in high school sports. llinois’ new law meant to prevent book bans at schools and public libraries got some attention during…
September 8, 2023 Today’s headlines: Illinois’s two U.S. Senators are outraged over the hold on confirming and promoting members of the military and they blame one fellow Senator. More than 6 million individuals are living with Alzheimer’s in the United States and one organization is working to bring those numbers down. A royal member of a…
September 7, 2023 Today’s headlines: A lot of consumer products list ingredients that many haven’t heard of. If exposed during pregnancy – some of these chemicals could impact a child’s life. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is confident the state will still be able to support vulnerable students as federal COVID relief money is exhausted next…
September 7, 2023 Today’s headlines: Named for its hundreds of labor strikes and scorching heat – the “Hot Labor Summer” is coming to a close – but the writer’s strike in Hollywood hasn’t. Arab-American groups are applauding a new Illinois law that will add a Middle Eastern or North African box under the “race” category…
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 aimed at bringing homelessness to “functional zero” is being implemented in Illinois – and Champaign County is no different. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’s plan to cut down wait…
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 features performers like Andy Summers, formerly of The Police. Illinois’ House Republican leader doesn’t want current or former elected officials to be able to use campaign funds to pay for…
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 County. Illinois’ governor is asking the Biden administration to allow the thousands of migrants in Chicago who are seeking asylum to hold jobs. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced more funding…
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 a law giving rights and protections to young people that have found their calling as social media influencers. It only took a federal jury five hours to convict a top…
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 of heat could be lessened in the future. University of Illinois graduate and actor Nick Offerman will return to campus this weekend to raise money for the U of I’s…
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 new recommendation on what to do with Wiley Elementary School after it reopens. Planned Parenthood of Illinois says they are gearing up for more patients coming from Indiana as the…
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 their safety. The head of Illinois’ Republican Party says there’s a key strategy they should embrace if they hope to win in Illinois. Another phase of Illinois’s largest road project…