Illinois Public Media News

Prairie Center and Rosecrance hope to merge by January 1, 2018

The entire Illinois House of Representatives stood in unison yesterday to show they didn't like the way CPS was depicted in a political cartoon. Published by the conservative Illinois Policy Institute, this cartoon showed a black child holds a sign begging for school funding.

On this encore edition of the 21st: Do you ever wonder if dirt really is good for kids? We explore how bacteria in our gut and all over our bodies affect our health. We also discuss a new book that explores how, before Roe v. Wade, some religious leaders formed a secret network to refer women to doctors for unwanted pregnancies. 

University of Illinois administrators are condemning the “hate-filled violence” in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend. The statement is signed by U of I President Tim Killeen and the chancellors of the three university campuses.

The Illinois Attorney General doesn’t know much about her possible opponent in the 2018 election, Urbana attorney Erika Harold.