Illinois Public Media News

After months of expressing caution on a push for impeachment, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump Tuesday.

All this week we’re revisiting some of our favorite arts and entertainment conversations from the show. You’ll hear from the University of Illinois Black Chorus about the Black Sacred Music Symposium. Plus, an Illinois documentary called 'Minding The Gap' got lots of attention at film festivals around the world - including at Sundance, where it won a special jury award. The film was also nominated for an Oscar for best documentary feature. It follows the lives of three young skateboarders in Rockford - and, the family they formed skating, which helped them cope with abuse, death and domestic violence. 

City officials from both Champaign and Urbana have signed onto a plan to eliminate HIV in the region, as part of a statewide initiative in Illinois called “Getting To Zero," which aims to reduce the number of new HIV cases in Illinois to less than 100 by the year 2030. 

International students, especially those from China, play a crucial role in funding the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Illinois lawmakers are considering a ban on flavored e-cigarettes and vaping products.