Illinois Public Media News

Governor J.B. Pritzker extends stay-at-home order through May, with some modifications. The renewed order includes some phased re-opening of state parks and non-essential businesses with social distancing guidelines. 

Senior year has been cut short for high schoolers across Illinois, including the cancellation of prom. We talk to two of them about how they're feeling.

Lenore Skenazy, founder of the free-range kids movement and Let Grow, a nonprofit that aims to “counter the culture of overprotection,” says social distancing and quarantine offers kids the opportunity to break out of regimented schedules and explore what for many will be a new concept: free time.

Republicans in the Illinois General Assembly say it’s time to slowly reopen some sectors of the economy in the state. Illinois State Reps. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) and Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) spoke with The 21st about their plan. 

Today on The 21st, Republican lawmakers want to begin reopening parts of the state, a conversation with the founder of the free-range kids movement, and missing out on prom during a pandemic.