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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.
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.
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.
Kathleen O’Gorman spent her summer on the front lines of America’s broken immigration system.
Many cities have neighborhoods where it’s hard to find healthy food, especially fruits and vegetables. In Columbus, Ohio, a new mobile market is bringing healthy food to people who live in these food deserts. It's part of a wider effort to see what helps people eat better.
