Illinois Public Media News

The Mark Morris Dance Group offers classes to people with Parkinson’s disease in 100 communities around the world, including right here in Champaign-Urbana.

On the 21st: To talk about the graduate student strike taking place at the U of I, we were joined by Graduate Employment Organization (GEO) co-president Marilia Correa and the University's Vice Provost Bill Bernhard. We also talked to WBEZ sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout about spring training for the Cubs and White Sox. Then, we continued our 13th Congressional District candidate interviews with Jon Ebel and Betsy Dirksen Londrigan. 

The Trump administration wants to show rural communities, which voted for him by wide margins in the 2016 election, they are still on the president’s mind. It suggested a list of broad ideas in January to spark growth and carved out rural interests in an infrastructure plan.

At least two Illinois lawmakers have called for the director of the state’s public health department to step down, following the deaths of 13 residents from Legionnaires’ disease at a veterans’ home in Quincy since 2015. Speaking on "The 21st" on Wednesday, Dr. Nirav Shah said he thinks he still has the public’s trust and intends to continue in his role. Here are some of the highlights from Shah’s discussion with host Niala Boodhoo.

On The 21st: 13 residents of the Quincy Veterans' Home have died of Legionnaires' disease since 2015. Today, we sit down with Dr. Nirav Shah, the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health. Then, we heard from WBEZ's Dave McKinney.