Illinois Public Media News

Starting next week, there will be harsher penalties for texting while driving. Also, what does it mean to tax the uber-rich? It’s a conversation happening not just in Springfield, but in Washington. Plus, hundreds of children in the Illinois foster system are being placed in homes where a language is spoken that isn’t their native one. And, the U.S. women’s team is on a mission to win a fourth World Cup.

Millions of television viewers are getting their first extended look at the historically sprawling Democratic primary field over two nights in Miami this week.

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth says the Trump Administration should come to Congress before it authorizes any military action against Iran.

A report released Tuesday by the Illinois State Board of Education shows most kindergarteners in the state start school unprepared.

The Champaign City Council voted Tuesday night to not repeal a policy that allows landlords to discriminate against people with certain criminal records. The three-hour study session meeting included a presentation of a City Council report on the issue, followed by public comment from more than 20 area residents.