Illinois Public Media News

The ticking deadline to approve the Federal Congressional Budget to avert a government shutdown, as well as a Republican senator preventing promotions for military leadership.

Updates about how Peoria has responded to the string of shootings, how a major medical group in Springfield was affected by a computer outage, and more.

A 17-year-old from the city of Byron has invented a device to provide secure IDs for those who have no form of identification.

The host of the PBS Nature podcast Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant who studies wild animals in their natural habitat joins the show to talk about the premiere of their third season that has listeners asking how can humans look at our relationship with nature differently.

New research suggests many people who were not able to get tested early in the COVID pandemic — or even tested negative for the disease — may still be dealing with long COVID symptoms. We’ll talk about what we’re still learning with Dr. Igor Koralnik, co-director of the Northwestern Medicine Comprehensive COVID-19 Center.