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Welcome to The 21st at the Capitol, where we take our weekday show from radio to television to talk about what Illinois lawmakers are doing and how it might affect you. This week, host Brian Mackey is interviewing proponents of different renewable energy plans. Join us at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 30.
Rock Island County and the Quad City Symphony Orchestra are partnering to bring live music to a mass vaccination site in Milan, Illinois. The 21st spoke with two musicians about their performance.
The 21st spoke with writer Rainesford Stafford about her book "An Ordinary Age: Finding Your Way in a World That Expects Exceptional," a collection of stories from young people who have rejected the pressure to be perfect.
Each year, 700 mothers die from pregnancy related causes in the United States, and the maternal mortality rate is getting worse. America is the only industrialized nation in the world trending in the wrong direction. We talked wth Illinois experts about what's being done to reverse the trend.
Past redlining policies have segregated communities by race, deeming them as undesirable. Although redlining was banned in 1968 by the Fair Housing Act, its consequences are still present today.
