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On The 21st: We talk about the new documentary, "Shot in the Dark," which follows young basketball stars from Orr Academy on the West Side of Chicago. We also hear about an event at the University of Illinois this weekend that is re-igniting a 50 year old discussion on campus. And, we continue our series of gubernatorial candidate interviews today with Bob Daiber.
A new art exhibit at the Common Ground food co-operative in Urbana features the work of five inmates at the Danville Correctional Center. The installation is a partnership between the co-op and the Education Justice Project, a college in prison program at the University of Illinois.
WATCH: President Trump is speaking at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. His comments come amid a debate about gun laws after a shooting a high school in Parkland, Fla.
Dan Caulkins hopes to be one of at least 25 new members of the Illinois House next year. The Decatur businessman, Eastern Illinois University trustee and former Decatur City Councilman is one of three candidates on the March 20th primary ballot for the Republican nomination for the House seat in the 101st District. That seat is one of several in the Illinois House where incumbents have announced their retirements, after a grueling two-year budget impasse.
