Illinois Public Media News

​At a special meeting in Chicago Friday, University of Illinois trustees voted 7-0 with two abstentions to dismiss Fei Wang, a tenured biology professor on the Urbana campus, for falsifying research data on a federal grant application to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Programs aimed at helping smaller food producers and first-time farmers and ranchers will receive permanent, baseline funding under the 2018 Farm Bill passed by Congress earlier this week.

In a unanimous vote, SIU Trustees say they support a reorganization of the Carbondale campus.

Indiana has one of the nation’s worst rates of mothers dying while pregnant or within a year after giving  birth. About 41 women in Indiana die per every 100,000 live births, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rate is even worse for black women. 

Illinois won the first two sets against the defending national champions, but couldn't hold on for the victory.

Illinois Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker was in the White House Thursday, part of a group of newly-elected governors meeting with President Trump.

The Illinois Supreme Court is upholding the medical privacy of a defendant in a lawsuit.

On the 21st: McDonald’s franchise owners are nervous about whether they can still make money and they’re not happy with corporate leaders, either. Plus, if you’re still shopping for the holidays, we’ll give you some board game and video game suggestions. Also, three central Illinois men are appearing in court this week for trying to blow up a mosque in Minnesota. And as Minnesota Public Radio’s Matt Sepic tells us they’re now in trouble for a lot more than that. But first, it’s been another hectic week in Washington. And with the possibility of another government shutdown next week, we check in with Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is continuing her investigation of the state’s six Roman Catholic dioceses, and now says criminal prosecution is a possibility.

Next year, the Common Application used by hundreds of colleges and universities will stop asking potential students about their criminal histories. Despite legislative efforts in Illinois, most campuses in the state continue to ask the question.