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To the shock of Republicans, the Democratic sponsor of a bill to provide partial state funding for state colleges and universities withdrew her measure just before a scheduled vote Thursday night.
The creator and host of NPR Music's All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk Concerts asked artists what served as their inspiration, and put their career on the right path. He's taken 35 of the best stories and compiled them into a new book, profiling artists ranging from Jackson Browne to R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe to Philip Glass.
Hundreds of people rallied in Springfield Wednesday to push for state funding for higher education, even as news broke of possible layoffs in the fall at the University of Illinois.
The University of Illinois Lyric Theatre’s production of “Kiss Me, Kate” opens at the Krannert Center’s Tryon Festival Theatre in Urbana Thursday night. Illinois Public Media’s Brian Moline spoke to actors and directors for this preview.
A memo obtained by Illinois Public Media from the U of I's Associated Provost for Human Resources indicates that some jobs on the Urbana campus, including some in Civil Service, could be cut, effective at the start of the fall semester. The president of AFSCME Local 3700 questions why she wasn't informed of these plans. She says union members are 'scared.'
