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.

To talk about what to expect in the state Supreme Court hearing on Illinois' assault weapons ban, The 21st was joined by a journalist who's following the story, and a pair of constitutional law professors.

A trio of bills in Illinois would increase parental access to what’s being taught in Illinois schools by requiring teachers to do things like post their lesson plans online. The 21st was joined by a two journalists who've been following the story and a professor of information science.  

Early Saturday morning, state lawmakers in Springfield approved a $46.5 billion budget for Illinois. We broke down the details with two statehouse reporters.

A trio of bills in Illinois would increase parental access to what’s being taught in Illinois schools by requiring teachers to do things like post their lesson plans online. This is just one of many rallying cries on the right to exert more control over — or make “transparent” — what’s happening in the classroom. The 21st was joined by a two journalists who've been following the story and a professor of information science.