Questions Raised About Champaign Charter School Proposal
Members of the steering committee behind a proposed Champaign charter school struggled to answer dozens of questions from Unit 4 school board officials during a public hearing Monday night.
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3 Accused Of Mosque Bombing Plus 1 Other Plead Not Guilty To Weapons Charge
Four men from Ford County --- three of them accused of bombing a mosque in Minnesota last summer --- entered not guilty pleas Monday to a separate charge of possessing a machine gun.
Talking Taxes; Rep. Carol Ammons And The License to Work Act; Illinois Politics Update
On the 21st: State Rep. Carol Ammons tells us about the License to Work Act, which could prevent people from getting their drivers licenses suspended unjustly. Also, Brian Mackey and Tony Arnold give us our Illinois politics update. But first, what do you need to know about tax season? We talk to the experts.
Illinois’ Little-Known, Little-Used Form Of Direct Democracy
The old-fashioned town meeting, where local citizens vote directly on the affairs of town government, may seem like a thing of the past. But they are an annual affair, right here in Illinois, and the state’s township governments will be holding them, Tuesday evening, April 10.
When Robots Milk Cows, Farm Families Taste Freedom
On a growing number of dairy farms, cows, not people, decide when they need to be milked. Robots can do the job day or night. For some farm families, the robots free them from rigid milking schedules.
