News Local/State
About half of Gladys Marquez’s students can’t access the internet at home. Marquez teaches English language learners at Dwight Eisenhower High School in Blue Island on Chicago’s south side. The school serves predominantly students of color from low-income backgrounds.
News Local/State
As of Sunday, at least eight incarcerated men at Stateville Correctional Center have tested positive for the virus, along with multiple staff members at the prison. A staff member at the Sheridan Correctional Center also tested positive for COVID-19, and so did multiple individuals housed at the North Lawndale Adult Transition Center in Chicago.
News Local/State
Champaign Unit 4 school officials plan to distribute Chromebooks to students whose families do not have a device at home.
News Local/State
President Trump has signed into law a historic $2 trillion coronavirus relief package, just hours after the House approved it and shortly before the White House's daily briefing on the pandemic.
News Local/State
President Trump has signed a historic $2 trillion economic recovery package into law Friday afternoon, shortly after the House of Representatives approved the bill
The 21st Show
Typically the spring months are quite busy in the world of sport but with the spread of the coronavirus and stay at home orders has left a gaping hole in the sports world.
The 21st Show
Conversations about staying home, or even needing space while being at home, are tough but necessary to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
The 21st Show
On Today's 21st: How do we talk to the people in our life, whether a loved one or a stranger, when we feel like they aren’t taking rules around social distancing seriously? We got advice from a psychologist.
News Local/State
The White House's pandemic task force is scheduled to convene another briefing on Wednesday afternoon amid a tense denouement for legislation aimed at helping an economy poleaxed by the disaster.
The 21st Show
On Today's 21st: We heard from two University of Illinois students who went home to Wuhan, China about life under lockdown there and what we may be able to expect here.
