Illinois Public Media News

Former ambassador and State Department official Ian Kelly talks about the latest in the Israel-Palestinian and Ukraine-Russia conflicts.

We're talking about holiday traditions in Bloomington-Normal, Carbondale, and Peoria.

In this week's politics roundup: Illinois candidates start filing to run in 2024 and fireworks fly over ethics in the nation's capitol.

Our Friday Reporter Roundtable focused on The Quad Cities and the Metro East, including layoffs at US Steel’s Granite City Works.

To continue our conversation about Generation X and the culture they grew up with, host Brian Mackey took a trip to the Illinois State Museum in Springfield to visit its exhibit "Growing Up X." The exhibit has now moved to the ISM's Lockport Gallery and will be open there through May 2014.