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217 Today: Thursday Feb. 18, 2021
In today's deep dive, Illinois governor JB Pritzker gave a combined State of the State and budget address Wednesday. It was missing some of the dire predictions that had been made about budget cuts and higher taxes.
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217 Today: Wednesday Feb. 17, 2021
In today's deep dive, President Joe Biden has rolled back multiple federal policies that negatively affected LGBTQ+ people under former president Donald Trump. But in Illinois, policy advocates say there are still more battles to be fought.
217 Today: Tuesday Feb. 16, 2021
In today's deep dive, Black farmers won a $1 billion lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but there was something missing from the settlement. We get details from Harvest Public Media.
217 Today: Monday Feb. 15, 2021
In today's deep dive, with tens of thousands of Americans dying every year from opioid overdoses, there’s an urgent need for scientists to develop alternatives to potentially addictive opioid painkillers. We learn about new University of Illinois research into this issue.
217 Today: Friday Feb. 12, 2021
The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has been challenging everywhere, and rural areas have faced some unique problems.
217 Today: Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021
In today's deep dive, as the COVID vaccine rollout continues, Midwesterners have a lot of questions about distribution plans and the vaccine itself. One state is getting help from a surprising place: public libraries.
217 Today: Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021
In today's deep dive, there’s a focus on the U.S. Senate as the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is underway. Chris Mooney, a political science professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, talks about what he calls “the most unrepresentative elected political institution.”
217 Today: Tuesday Feb. 9, 2021
In today's deep dive, we take a closer look at the science behind the COVID-19 vaccines with a pair of professors at Southern Illinois University.
217 Today: Monday, Feb. 8, 2021
In today's deeper dive, the University of Illinois has identified more than 450 COVID-19 cases linked to the Urbana campus just three weeks into the semester. Illinois Newsroom’s Christine Herman spoke with University of Illinois epidemiologist Becky Smith about the impact that’s had and what’s on the horizon.
217 Today: Friday, Feb. 5, 2021
In today's deep dive, Hongyu Wu, a U of I student from Wuhan, China shares his thoughts on living through the pandemic.