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The five Democrats looking to unseat U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis echoed each other Tuesday on nearly every progressive issue—from health care to immigration—while trying to distinguish themselves using their personal and professional backgrounds.
Federal lawmakers allowed funding for Community Health Centers to lapse last fall. For Promise Healthcare in Champaign, the loss in federal funding would make it difficult to expand much-needed services in the community.
On The 21st: Bitcoin seems to be gaining popularity, but what exactly is it and how does it work? Also, we talk about pharmacy deserts and how they affect both rural and urban populations in our state. Plus, we continue our series of attorney general candidate interviews, today with Republican Erika Harold. And, we talk about the constitutionality of guns in and near state parks.
In recent budget battles, Congress failed to renew a group of funding measures that many rural communities rely on. These funds keep rural hospitals, clinics, home health care services and ambulances operating. And unless lawmakers vote to extend them this week, many providers could struggle to serve their patients.
About 100 teachers and support staff recently gathered in a junior high school in central Illinois to take on the roles of people living in poverty. It’s part of a poverty simulation used by schools across the country that’s supposed to challenge stereotypes. But some say it takes more than a one-time simulation to change attitudes and behaviors.
