University Of Illinois Urbana Campus Announces Total Ban On Tobacco Products
Officials at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced the campus is now 100% smoke- and tobacco-free.
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Downstate Lawmaker Explains Proposal For Two Illinois States: Chicago & Downstate
State Representative Brad Halbrook, sponsor of a resolution to divide downstate Illinois and the Chicago area into separate states, says the U-S constitution provides a clear path for such a process.
Teachers Re-Entering the Classroom; Transferring From Community College To A Four-Year College; Surveillance Balloons; “Scabby The Rat”
Many students and teachers are headed back to school this month. Today we’ll ask a couple of educators who have been away from the classroom how they feel about coming back. Plus, about four in five community college students say they want to earn a bachelor’s degree. But the transfer rate has stayed low. We’ll learn why. And, the Pentagon is testing surveillance balloons around the Midwest, including parts of central Illinois. These balloons could be used to stop drug trafficking but they’re also raising concerns about privacy. Also, the story behind the "Scabby the Rat" inflatables.
Strike Averted On U Of I Campus, As Food & Building Service Workers Vote To Approve New Contract
Food and building service workers on the University of Illinois Urbana campus have voted to ratify new contract, avoiding a strike that would’ve begun Thursday, on freshman move-in day.
IWU Professor Finds ‘Shocking’ Conditions At U.S. Immigration Facilities
Kathleen O’Gorman spent her summer on the front lines of America’s broken immigration system.