The 217 Today Podcast

217 Today: Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021

Brian Moline and Farrah Anderson
 
This Jelani Day portrait was returned for temporary display Monday Oct. 4., within a window at 104 Beaufort St. It's expected to be placed at ISU. It had previously been displayed and then removed from the outside of a publicly owned building in Normal.

This Jelani Day portrait was returned for temporary display Monday Oct. 4., within a window at 104 Beaufort St. It's expected to be placed at ISU. It had previously been displayed and then removed from the outside of a publicly owned building in Normal. Jake Fogal/WGLT

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Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021

Today's headlines:

  • Gov. JB Pritzker's administration is pushing to make additional state funding for Illinois nursing homes contingent on facilities solving staffing issues.

  • The mother of Jelani Day says she is working hard to learn how and why her son was killed.

  • Higher fertilizer prices are pushing up the cost of growing food.

  • Four more Champaign County residents with COVID-19 have died, pushing the county's death toll over 200 from the virus.

In today's deep dive, we'll hear from a criminal justice sciences expert who says the absence of information in the Jelani Day case has not served the public well.

217 Today is produced by Farrah Anderson. Reporting today contributed by Hannah Meisel, Reginald Hardwick, Dana Cronin and Charlie Schlenker.