Why are Illinois insurance rates increasing? Is it fair?
State Farm is raising its home insurance rates in Illinois next month by an average of 27 percent, pointing to increased severe weather risks and higher home repair costs.
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Decorated Paralympian Susannah Scaroni on her second big win at Boston Marathon
Athlete and University of Illinois alumna Susannah Scaroni talks about winning the women's wheelchair division at the Boston Marathon and other highlights from her career.
Next U of I chancellor talks AI, responding to Trump policies and comic books
Emily Hays, who covers education for IPM News, had the chance to speak with the new Univeristy of Illinois Chancellor last month about his approach to federal policy changes and the future of AI, which is his academic speciality.
Senator Tammy Duckworth on federal funding cuts to public media, ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Senator Tammy Duckworth gives her take on the rescinding of $1.1 billion to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by President Trump and congress as well as the status of publicly-funded healthcare, SNAP, and VA benefits after the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
From ‘cool’ to ‘selfie’ to ‘slay’, linguist’s book takes a look at the evolution of language through lens of social media
In his new book, "Algospeak", linguist Adam Aleksic says that we are living through a transitional phase of the english language as social media has a big influence on vocabulary.