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On the 21st: What's causing the freezing cold temperatures outside - and how can you find the right clothes to stay warm? Plus, we speak to two WBEZ reporters about their investigation into an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease at a state veterans' home in Quincy, where 13 residents have died since 2015. And, we'll take a look ahead at what's to come in Illinois political news this year.
The sales of grass fed beef have soared in recent years from $17,000,000 in 2012 to $272,000,000 in 2016. But the grass those cattle eat could be changing in ways that will affect the industry.
The Illinois Economy ended 2017 on a familiar note of slow and steady growth.
On this encore edition of the 21st: We revisit our conversation from last February, when Illinois celebrated President Abraham Lincoln’s 208th birthday. We talked to people who have made it their life’s work to present Abraham Lincoln in classrooms, at libraries, on stage, even at birthday parties. Plus, we spoke with food historian Rae Eighmey about her book, “Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen: A Culinary View of Lincoln’s Life and Times.”
Laws about divorce, pets and traveling elephants took effect January 1.
