Illinois Public Media News

Democrats have been saying Gov. Bruce Rauner has never proposed a balanced budget — shirking his constitutional and statutory duty. Rauner rejects that critique. Reporter Brian Mackey assesses their claims.

Champaign-Urbana’s emergency winter shelter for homeless men is on track to get an $18,000 grant from the city of Champaign. City Council members gave their preliminary approval for the funding at a study session Tuesday night.

Brian Stover raises chickens at his house in rural Marion County, Illinois, just across the road from the Patoka Tank Farm where the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline ends — about 75 miles east of St. Louis.

On the 21st: We got a preview of Governor Rauner’s upcoming budget address and learned what social service agencies that rely on state funding hope to hear. We also discussed a recent letter signed by hundreds of conservative evangelical leaders denouncing President Trump's immigration executive order and learned about two new initiatives aimed at providing food to those in need.

Yvonne Hardcastle was at her wit’s end. Her son, Alfredo Mejia, was 7 years old. He was angry all the time and had been diagnosed with behavior problems and ADHD, but that didn’t feel right. She didn’t know what was wrong, but her mother’s intuition kept pushing her to find help for her boy.