A February 9 Facebook Live discussion followed an Illinois Newsroom series by Education reporter Lee Gaines about calls to defund the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign police department, arrest rates of Black people by the department and views of officers about the abolition movement.

At 7 pm on Monday October 5th, the 13th congressional district Democratic challenger Betsy Dirksen Londrigan and Republican incumbent Rodney Davis are joining Illinois Public Meida and WCIA for a live, in-person debate. Londrigan nearly defeated Davis two years ago in a close race. This year, the race is looking even closer. 

WATCH LIVE:  At 1:30 p.m. today Gov. Pritzker is holding a press briefing in Champaign to discuss what K-12 students returning to the classroom could look like in Illinois

President Biden is likely to face questions on his response to recent mass shootings, an influx of migrants at the southern border and the continued coronavirus crisis, as he holds his first formal White House press conference Thursday since taking office.

WATCH LIVE: The Pritzker administration is holding a press briefing today covering the state’s address of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.