Chicago Symphony, Riccardo Muti Extend Contract Until 2022
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has extended its contract with renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti as its music director through the 2022 season.
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Inquiry Into Herpes Vaccine Experiments; State Of The Union Preview; The ‘Old Slave House’
On The 21st: SIU is launching an internal investigation into a researcher who injected patients with an unapproved herpes vaccine. Plus, we learn the history of a house in southern Illinois whose owner kidnapped free black men and women -- and sold them back into slavery in Kentucky. But first, we preview the State of the Union with Republican Rep. John Shimkus, and a representative who is boycotting the event, Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky.
GOP’s Erika Harold: Public Corruption Focus Goes Beyond Politics
Illinois attorney general hopeful Erika Harold said she wants to increase efforts to stop public corruption while simultaneously staying away from partisan politics—a difficult balancing act for a Republican office holder in a blue state.
Illinois Issues: The Radium Girls - An Illinois Tragedy
Part 1: Radium poisoning took the lives of perhaps thousands of female factory workers, many in Ottawa, Illinois, in the last century.
What Township Government Does In Champaign And Urbana, And A Potential Alternative
Townships are a part of local government that Illinoisans often forget they have ---- until there’s a controversy, like that one that flared up in early January in Urbana.