The 217 Today Podcast

217 Today: Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021

Brian Moline and Farrah Anderson
 
More than ten thousand workers at Illinois-based John Deere have been on strike since Thursday, Oct. 14.

More than ten thousand workers at Illinois-based John Deere have been on strike since Thursday, Oct. 14. David Condos/Harvest Public Media

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Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021

Today's headlines: 

  • A fourth labor group has now agreed to Governor J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for state employees in congregate care settings.

  • Illinois educators rewrote their environmental literacy framework for the first time in a decade.

  • Carle Foundation Hospital will drop Aetna's Medicare Advantage insurance policy in January.

In today's deep dive, we'll hear from two reporters from the Quad Cities covering the John Deere Strike-- where more than 10,000 Illinois employees are on strike.

217 Today is produced by Farrah Anderson. Reporting today contributed by Hannah Meisel, Peter Medlin, Emily Hays and the 21st Show.