Ultra-runner completes 400-mile journey across Illinois in 10 days
In the spring of 2025, Chase Bandolik ran 416 miles from Cairo, Illinois north to Beloit, Wisconsin (near the northern Illinois border). We talk with him about the journey.
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June 13, 2025: Pritzker goes to DC to defend sanctuary status while ICE officers target migrants outside courts
Illinois Gov. Pritzker went to Washington this week to defend the state's sanctuary policies. In our Friday politics roundup, we talk about that, immigration enforcement actions in Chicago, and protests against ICE.
June 13, 2025: Professors sue Bradley University and EV manufacturer to build assembly plant in Peoria area
We check in on the latest news out of the Peoria region in our Friday reporter roundup.
What U.S. House vote to take back NPR, PBS funding means for Illinois
This week, Republicans in Congress moved a step closer to their long-held goal of ending federal support for public media. We talk about it with the president of the Illinois Public Broadcasting Council.
Book takes deep look into evolution of women through lens of the female body
The book "Eve" explores human evolution with a particular focus on the female body and its author joins the program today.
