This week, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is traveling to Illinois to visit clean energy sites. It comes a day after President Joe Biden signed an executive order to continue pushing America toward cleaner and more sustainable energy. She joined The 21st to talk about the executive order, the recently-passed infrastructure bill, electric vehicles, and more. 

A state lawmaker is using the Rivian plant in Normal to attack a plan to raise electric-vehicle registration fees to fund part of a massive infrastructure spending program.