Illinois Public Media News

It feels sometimes that the world is coming apart at the seams; and last week the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reminded us that the feeling is literal.

The Senate impeachment trial of President Trump is now in its second week. The trial is a historic one, Trump is just the third U.S. president to be impeached.

On Today's 21st: Illinois teachers are using the impeachment trial as an opportunity to talk to students about everything from government structures to media literacy, and in the process, making it easier for adults to understand, too. 

Governor signs law limiting insulin costs; Deer harvests in Illinois increase; Historian says NFL has a ways to go to deal with racism.

Champaign officers are trying to find the person who fired shots outside of a mall Saturday night. No one was hurt.