Illinois Public Media News

To discuss what the ratification of the Workers' Rights Amendment would mean for Illinois and why support is mixed, we spoke to associate professor at Loyola University Chicago Dr. Elizabeth Tandy Shermer and the director of labor policy and a staff attorney at the Illinois Policy Institute, Mailee Smith.

The first televised debate of this year’s gubernatorial campaign will be held tonight on a one-hour live broadcast with Incumbent Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker facing Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey.

Starting this weekend, Midwesterner Brittany Luse becomes the new permanent host of the It’s Been a Minute podcast.

In August 2021, Illinois became the first state to officially adopt the new national sex education standards, but the law has been met with some controversy.

Illinois-based writer, scholar, and country music fan Francesca Royster talked about Black musicianship and listenership in country music.

“Mental health conditions” topped the list of leading underlying causes of pregnancy-related deaths.  An Illinois Department of Human Services program has begun to take on that challenge.

When the US Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, the decision that allowed the right to abortion across America, some Christians said it was a victory for religious freedom. At the same time, many in the Jewish faith said stopping abortion rights takes away their religious freedom. 

Brian Mackey talks with incumbent Gov. J.B. Pritzker about COVID, criminal justice, crime, climate change, college, and corruption.

The City of Chicago is reaching out to other cities across Illinois for help as it deals with an influx of migrants bused in by red state governors.

Across the country, it can seem as if county clerks and other officials face more obstacles than ever in getting out the vote.