Family Of Yingying Zhang Appeals To President Trump
Yingying Zhang's family is asking President Trump for help in finding their missing daughter.
Civil Forfeiture Laws; College Summer Reading; Transgender Veterans Speak Out
On the 21st: We learned about a proposed bill that would limit the use of property confiscation by police. Plus, we discussed books Illinois colleges are assigning incoming freshmen and heard transgender military members' responses to President Trump's comments about potentially banning them from service.
Illinois to Halt Roadwork Without Budget; Travel Ban; Peoria Ag Lab
On the 21st: If Illinois’s budget impasse doesn’t get resolved by the end of this week, hundreds of state-funded road construction projects may be halted indefinitely. Plus, how will President Trump's travel ban affect Illinois? We also spoke with state lawmakers who are fighting to save a national agriculture lab based in Peoria.
4th Circuit Court Ruling Keeps Trump’s Travel Ban On Hold
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that President Trump's controversial travel ban should be kept on hold, maintaining a nationwide preliminary injunction that blocks the executive order from being enforced.
President Trump Fires FBI Director; How Trauma Affects Violence
On the 21st: We speak with U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth and a constitutional law expert from the University of Illinois about the firing of FBI director James Comey. We also ask: How can understanding trauma help stop violence?