Boneyard Creek Community Day Gives Waterways Their Annual Cleanup
Hundreds of volunteers are expected to come out to Boneyard Creek in Champaign-Urbana Saturday morning, April 12, to take part in the 14th annual Boneyard Creek Community Day.
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By The Numbers: What The USDA’s Latest Census Tells Us About American Agriculture
It’s been five years since the last ag census. Since 2012, the U.S. has lost about 70,000 farms, saw the average age of farmers go up and prices for certain commodities go down.
Illinois Issues: What Stops School Consolidation?
Illinois has 852 school districts — the third highest number of any state in the nation. Some are just single schools, with fewer than a hundred students. But getting districts to merge, or consolidate, has proven difficult.
Round 2: Dirksen Londrigan Versus Davis
Last November, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, a Democrat, failed to unseat Republican Congressman Rodney Davis in Illinois’ 13th district. On Thursday, she announced she’ll make another run for it.
Sen. Duckworth; CSOA Responds To Strike; Arts In Central IL; Big TV Shows Ending
Senator Tammy Duckworth just introduced a resolution that would repeal President Trump’s travel ban on five majority-Muslim countries. Today, she joins us from Washington to talk about all of that and more. Plus, when you think performing arts, you might think of Chicago. But for 50 years, the Krannert Center in Urbana has been a thriving place for theater, music, and dance. And some of the biggest shows on television are wrapping up this year.