Public Radio International - Illinois Public Media News - May 20, 2013 ~
On a recent Saturday afternoon, a dozen nannies and housecleaners, many of them immigrants from Brazil, gather with employers in a living room in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They snack on cheese and crackers, breaking the ice a bit before talking about talking and how to settle some of the troubles that can bubble up in domestic work.
NPR - Illinois Public Media News - May 20, 2013 ~
Men who were diagnosed with ADHD as children are more likely to be obese in adulthood, according to a new study.
WILL - Illinois Public Media News - May 20, 2013 ~
The Danville City Council meets Tuesday night to vote on a plan to keep about a hundred local jobs from going to Indiana.
WILL - Illinois Public Media News - May 20, 2013 ~
Gasoline prices have gone up in the past week ---- by nearly nine cents per gallon nationwide, but by more than 13 cents in the Champaign-Urbana area.
AP - Illinois Public Media News - May 20, 2013 ~
Gov. Pat Quinn says Illinois has a chance to make history before the end of the legislative session this month on the issues of pension reform and same-sex marriage.
AP - Illinois Public Media News - May 20, 2013 ~
A former Indianapolis City-County Council member faces sentencing on charges of using a charitable foundation to defraud an investor out of $1.7 million.
Illinois Public Radio - Illinois Public Media News - May 20, 2013 ~
An Illinois State Senate committee is expected to vote on a gun control measure on Monday.
NPR - Illinois Public Media News - May 20, 2013 ~
Poverty has grown everywhere in the U.S. in recent years, but mostly in the suburbs.
NPR - Illinois Public Media News - May 20, 2013 ~
As the country awaits two important Supreme Court decisions involving state laws on same-sex marriage, a small but consistent body of research suggests that laws that ban same-sex marriage — or approve it — can affect the mental health of gay, lesbian and bisexual Americans.
BBC - Illinois Public Media News - May 20, 2013 ~
President Thein Sein is to meet Barack Obama in Washington, in the first state visit by a Burmese leader since 1966.
