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Where to find food assistance in Central Illinois as SNAP funding remains in jeopardy

IPM News November 7, 2025
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Here’s how Illinois election authorities guard against noncitizen voting

Capitol News Illinois July 23, 2026

Jessica Dixon Heitman appointed to ex-Rep. Harry Benton’s seat

Capitol News Illinois July 23, 2026
A man wearing a brown baseball hat, a plaid shirt and jeans holds a leaf while looking at a field of crops.

Farmers are struggling to turn a profit. How does it compare to the farm crisis in the ’80s?

Harvest Public Media
Back to school fair

Community event offers free back-to-school essentials for C-U youth

Fernanda Romero July 23, 2026

Five tips for applying to jobs, according to Champaign high schoolers in Unit 4’s Youth Employment Services program

Emily Hays July 23, 2026

217 Today: Four Democrats battle in March primary to succeed Susana Mendoza as Illinois comptroller

March 13, 2026
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Pritzker says he doesn’t know details of deadly Jan. 4 shooting by Illinois State Police

July 22, 2026

Gov. JB Pritzker said he has not seen the video of an Illinois State Police trooper shooting an unarmed woman to death in January, though he reiterated trust in the department’s leadership on Wednesday.

Prtizker

Pritzker for president? Handicapping the Illinois governor’s political future

July 22, 2026

It’s the most common question Pritzker is getting from local and national reporters.

A combine harvests soybeans.

USDA cuts remove local conservation experts from nearly half of Illinois counties

July 22, 2026

The Trump administration cut 22% of the Natural Resources Conservation Service staff in 2025, impacting nearly half of Illinois counties.

WILL Call: What’s Happening in Central Illinois July 23 – July 26

July 22, 2026

Enjoy live music, a car show and barbecue competition, family-friendly outdoor activities and more this weekend in Central Illinois.

AI education

Illinois State Board of Education issues AI guidance, written with help from AI

July 21, 2026

A 2024 survey of Illinois educators conducted by Teach Plus and the Illinois Digital Educator Alliance, or IDEA, found a common concern that misuse of AI could threaten student learning.

Folk-rock legend Graham Nash on keeping his music fresh and new

July 21, 2026

In an interview with IPM News, he discussed politics, his love for performing, and wanting to give his audience the best concert of their lives. Nash is scheduled to perform at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign on his 2026 tour.

Three white bottles of Roundup sit in a carboard container.

Bayer won its Roundup case. Where does that leave thousands of pending lawsuits?

July 21, 2026

Attorneys say cases that claim the popular weedkiller causes cancer will have to change course to move forward in court after the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the agriculture company last month.

Lincoln Avenue

Urbana residents can give feedback on future Lincoln Avenue road improvements

July 21, 2026

The city is holding a public information meeting to share information on future road improvements along North Lincoln Avenue and take feedback from residents.

A white man in a light button-up shirt stands and smiles to the camera in front of a large, circular sign with a blue and yellow painted pattern and three large lowercase yellow letters reading "ejp."

Chad Rand asks if anyone would be happy living in a truly homogenous country

July 21, 2026

Chad Rand is outreach coordinator for the University of Illinois Education Justice Project, where he supports people across the country who are coming home from prison or facing detention and deportation.

Not long after sunset, visitors will find thousands of stars popping out of the heavens in the Galaxy Loop of the Dark Forest Trail in the Middle Park Forest Preserve.

‘Surreal’: Illinois’ only International Dark Sky Place attracts tourists worldwide

July 20, 2026

The Middle Fork River Forest Preserve in Champaign County is Illinois’ only International Dark Sky Place as judged by Dark Sky International. The legislature in recent years has taken steps to limit light pollution.

Rantoul Water Tower

Rantoul voters to determine in November if the village should have at-large districts and whether to allow cannabis dispensaries

July 20, 2026

Rantoul is putting two ballot proposals before voters in November that could allow cannabis dispensaries to open in town and return the village to a system of electing trustees to at-large seats instead of districts.

A woman wearing sunglasses, a yellow long sleeved shirt, a neon yellow vest, camo pants and black rubber boots holds a pole that a man wearing the same neon yellow vest is reaching toward. They stand on the bank of a stream with a white bucket to the right of them.

Pesticide pollution in Midwest and Great Plains rivers is getting worse, decade-long study reveals

July 20, 2026

Pesticide pollution is a problem especially in the middle of the country. And sometimes there’s enough of it to possibly hurt aquatic plants and animals.

Dangerous air continues in central Illinois on Monday, strong to severe storms tonight

July 20, 2026

An air quality alert is in effect for central, southeast, and northern Illinois.

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