Illinois Public Media News

Two-time World Cup Championship coach Jill Ellis returns to the University of Illinois in May 2022 as commencement speaker.
 

Polls in Illinois open at 6 a.m. CT/7 a.m. ET and close at 7 p.m. CT/8 p.m. ET.

Conflict over clear-cutting timber in the Shawnee National Forecast in the 1990s is the subject of a documentary being shown at festivals around the country. We were joined by environmental educators and one of the documentary's makers.

It's primary day and it’s your turn to make your voice heard and share your thoughts on the 2022 primaries.

Former President Donald J. Trump endorses two Republicans in the weekend before the 2022 primary.

Two state lawmakers who support abortion rights, and a University of Illinois historian respond to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

Two abortion rights opponents cheer the 2022 US Supreme Court decision striking down the legal right to abortion in America and talk about what's next.

Many feel that in their slice of America, they are not free to say whatever they want about politics. Yet, while the blue-city Republican and the red-state Democrat might feel isolated, they are not alone. We were joined by a University of Illinois professor who studied one such group of political outliers to talk about what she found. 

Host Brian Mackey often cites a report from Moody’s Investors Service suggesting central and western Illinois will see the greatest rise in "extreme heat days" in the country. Today he dug into his archives to share, for the first time, an interview with the author of the report.