217 Today: How will this spring’s General Assembly session affect education in Illinois?
Emily Hays/Illinois Public Media
Friday, June 6, 2025
Today’s headlines:
- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is hiring another Big Ten campus administrator to lead the state's flagship public university.
- More than 600 workers will lose their jobs as Champaign-based Health Alliance plans to cease operations by the end of the year.
- After two years, an exhibit showcasing artists' work from central Illinois is returning to the Giertz Gallery at Parkland College.
- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says the Chicago Police Department acted appropriately during a SouthSide immigration raid on Wednesday.
In today’s deep dive, the Illinois General Assembly's spring session has come to an end. State lawmakers passed dozens of education bills, but they also left hundreds more on the table when they wrapped up this past weekend.
217 Today is produced by Stephanie Orellana. Reporting today contributed by Emily Hays, Stephanie Mosqueda, Alex Degman and Eric Stock.