
The 21st Show
Decatur school closure exposes gaps in state-required inspections
Decatur Public Schools recently closed two school buildings. Illinois Public Media News learned no one requires structural inspections of public schools in our state.
The 21st Show
Decatur Public Schools recently closed two school buildings. Illinois Public Media News learned no one requires structural inspections of public schools in our state.
News Local/State
The candidates running for mayor of Champaign in the April 4, 2023 election gathered for a one-hour forum.
The 21st Show
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students will soon produce Spanish-speaking newscasts in Central Illinois.
The 21st Show
Congress regularly renews the Farm Bill every five years, which funds food, farm, and snap programs, This past weekend Congress let the bill expire.
The 217 Today Podcast
In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about what the loss of Champaign-Urbana’s last gay bar meant to the queer community.
The 21st Show
A fatal tanker truck crash Friday night killed five people and prompted an evacuation for hundreds of residents after a leak of toxic anhydrous ammonia.
The 21st Show
Two Illinois House Representatives share their perspectives on how Congress avoided a shutdown and their opinions of Kevin McCarthy’s future as Speaker of the House.
The 21st Show
Over the weekend, congress averted a partial government shutdown. Three Republican and one Democratic members of congress from Illinois voted against averting a shutdown.
The 217 Today Podcast
In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about how some members of the LGBTQ community in Champaign-Urbana are trying to revive the community’s lost queer spaces.
The 21st Show
Before the Chicago Bears, the team was known as the Staleys. The Staley Museum in Decatur explains how the team started.