Best of: ‘Punks in Peoria’ explores city’s history with musical rebellion
An award-winning book explores Peoria’s music culture from the mid-90s — brimming with anger at authority, celebrating a do-it-yourself ethos, and embracing the strange.
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Will Illinois Ratify the Workers’ Rights Amendment?
To discuss what the ratification of the Workers' Rights Amendment would mean for Illinois and why support is mixed, we spoke to associate professor at Loyola University Chicago Dr. Elizabeth Tandy Shermer and the director of labor policy and a staff attorney at the Illinois Policy Institute, Mailee Smith.
Gov Debate Preview
The first televised debate of this year’s gubernatorial campaign will be held tonight on a one-hour live broadcast with Incumbent Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker facing Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey.
Brittany Luse becomes host of “It’s Been A Minute”
Starting this weekend, Midwesterner Brittany Luse becomes the new permanent host of the It’s Been a Minute podcast.
Debate over sex ed in Illinois public schools
In August 2021, Illinois became the first state to officially adopt the new national sex education standards, but the law has been met with some controversy.