March 28, 2025: Illinoisans working at the Veterans Hospital are on-again, off-again; and Urbana is expected to elect its first Black mayor

In our Friday Reporter Roundtable, we turn to news in Champaign-Urbana:

• Laced with Uncertainty:" Rehired Veterans Affairs Worker Expects She'll Lose Her Job Again
• Hundreds Protest Trump Policies and Congresswoman in Mahomet; Other Reps Quiet on Town Hall Planning
• "Poverty-Level People:" University of Illinois AFSCME Workers Rally for Higher Wages
• Champaign County Has Been Affected by Bird Flu, Even Without Any Farm Outbreaks
• "Mission Accomplished" for Rantoul Air Force Base, Yet $76 Million of Environmental Clean-Up Remains

Guests:
 
Emily Hays
Education Reporter, WILL — Illinois Public Media

Christine Herman
Editor for the Illinois Student Newsroom at Illinois Public Media