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Keep up with news in Central Illinois every weekday with 217 Today. Hear the day's headlines, along with one deeper dive, in just ten minutes. Learn about the people and places that make Central Illinois unique with 217 Today.

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January 30, 2025

217 Today: A Dialogue with Jane Eugene of Loose Ends

In today's deep dive, we'll listen to a conversation with Jane Eugene from the British R&B trio Loose Ends to learn about the group's role in soul music.

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January 29, 2025

217 Today: Pritzker addresses pause of federal funds to programs in Illinois

In today's deep dive, we'll hear Governor JB Pritzker address the pause of federal funds to programs in Illinois.

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January 28, 2025

217 Today: More Illinois colleges are offering full tuition scholarships. Are they too good to be true?

In today's deep dive, we'll learn how some Illinois colleges and universities are able to offer full-tuition scholarships.

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Local volunteers are helping families navigate their options in the event parents get deported. — WNIJ News

January 27, 2025

217 Today: Amid deportation threats, DeKalb area families learn more about guardianship forms

In today's deep dive, we'll learn how residents in northern Illinois are supporting immigrant families who could be impacted by President Trump’s plan to launch mass deportation.

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Members of a running club enjoy drinks at Single Speed Brewery in Des Moines. A growing body of research has linked alcohol to elevated risks of cancer. — Natalie Krebs / Side Effects Public Media

January 24, 2025

217 Today: New concerns over cancer and alcohol suggest even moderate drinking increases risk

In today's deep dive, we'll learn how new concerns over cancer and alcohol suggest even moderate drinking increases risk.

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January 23, 2025

217 Today: What’s Happening in Champaign-Urbana Jan. 23 – Jan. 26

In today's deep dive, we'll learn all about what's coming to the central Illinois area in the world of arts, culture and entertainment.

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Composer Meshell Ndegeocello performs the score from Queen Sugar during WORDS + MUSIC, presented Thursday, June 29, 2017 at the Television Academy's Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, Calif. — Vince Bucci / Invision for the Television Academy / AP

January 22, 2025

217 Today: Meshell Ndegeocello comes to Krannert to share James Baldwin’s wisdom with music

In today's deep dive, we'll listen to a conversation with Meshell Ndegeocello ahead of her upcoming performance at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

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The Liberty Justice Center and Pacific Legal Foundation jointly filed CTM Holdings, LLC v. U.S. Department of Agriculture in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Eastern Division, on April 16, 2024. — EPA / FLICKR (Public U.S. Government Works)

January 21, 2025

217 Today: A Midwest farmland owner tests a longstanding wetland conservation law called ‘swampbuster’

In today's deep dive, we'll learn why a landholding company says a decades-old wetlands law is unconstitutional and why sustainable agriculture groups are pushing back.

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