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The head of a Champaign social service agency says that if there is still no state budget by next week, she will have no choice but to lay off staff and cut services. But the agency head says there's reason for optimism.
On the 21st: We discuss how increasing the minimum wage in Illinois to $15 an hour could help make housing more affordable for low-wage workers. Plus, yoga studios across the country - and in central Illinois - are combining yoga with goats.
State Senator Bill Brady of Bloomington is the choice of Illinois Senate Republicans to succeed Christine Radogno as their leader.
Democrats in the Illinois House say they’ll try to pass a state budget Friday. They say their plan is balanced — with spending cuts and tax increases.
While the search for missing University of Illinois scholar Yingying Zhang closes its third week, University of Illinois officials say about 350 people marched through campus Thursday night and gathered for a concert by a group of Chinese students.
