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On the 21st: Voting rights advocates are trying to build support for an automatic voter registration bill. Plus, the story of how seven people in Chicago were killed by Tylenol that had been poisoned - and a brief reflection on our one year anniversary with Illinois Public Media CEO Moss Bresnahan.
The state budget impasse has left Illinois months behind in payment to downstate mass transit agencies. That’s led to cuts in service from Kankakee to Jacksonville. Now lawmakers are looking to remove them from the fight.
You’ve heard all kinds of numbers related to the Affordable Care Act. The number of people gaining health insurance coverage. The increasing cost of premiums and deductibles. But behind all those numbers are the stories of real people and how the ACA has affected them.
The roughly one million Illinoisans to gain insurance care through the ACA have had an impact on the way health care is delivered in the state. Kristy Kennedy looks at how a repeal of the legislation could affect them, and everyone else in Illinois.
The University of Illinois Flash Index measured the state’s economy for April at 104.3, down a tenth of a point from March. Any number above 100 on the Index represents a growing economy.
