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Farm income will likely drop nearly 7 percent from last year to $59.5 billion, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released Wednesday. The drop is due to continued low prices for crops like corn and soybeans, as well as higher fuel and labor costs.
A year after graduate students at Columbia University formed a union, the administration refuses to bargain with them. Julie Kushner of the United Auto Workers talks with NPR's Scott Simon.
The controversial standardized tests known as PARCC could be on their way out after this spring. The Illinois State Board of Education plans to request sealed proposals for a new statewide exam next week. That’s in response to concerns from teachers and parents about the hours-long reading and math assessment that most third- and eighth-graders failed.
On The 21st: We talk with director J.W. Morrissette about the Sondheim musical 'Assassins,' which is showing at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts in Urbana. Also, we get a few lessons from the marriage doctor Eli Finkel. Plus, we air the latest in our series of attorney general candidate interviews, this time with Renato Mariotti.
Unofficial Saint Patrick’s Day is three weeks away, but Champaign and Urbana mayors are issuing emergency liquor license orders now.
