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On The 21st: We talk to three high school students about what students at their schools are doing to protest gun violence following the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. Plus, we unpack the deluge of gubernatorial campaign ads with the Chicago Tribune's Rick Pearson, and hear from gubernatorial candidate Tio Hardiman.
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The Illini men's basketball team beat Rutgers 75-62 yesterday in Piscataway, New Jersey. Michael Finke scored 19 points in his first full game since suffering a concussion during practice on February 10th.
A lot of money is being spent on this year's governor's race, and usually those fundraising dollars are used to get the word out through events and advertising. To help you understand the deluge of campaign ads, we talked with the Chicago Tribune's Rick Pearson.
Citing concerns over declining academic performance for black students in Champaign Unit 4 schools, some community members plan to ask the district to create a new charter school in north Champaign. Illinois Public Media’s Christine Herman learned more from steering committee member Nathaniel Banks.
The union representing graduate employees at the University of Illinois’ Urbana campus is going on strike. That announcement came Sunday from the Graduate Employees Organization, after a five-hour negotiating session with a federal mediator failed to produce a contract agreement.
