217 Today: Collegiate esports programs grow across the country, including at Northern Illinois University
Friday, July 22, 2022 Today’s headlines: Illinois members of Congress were vocal supporters of the Right to Contraception Act, which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday. The Peoria-to-Chicago passenger rail route now has an initial price tag: $2.5 billion. The Champaign County Association of Realtors says home sales declined by nearly […]
217 Today: Although a drug discount program aims to help low-income patients, its misuse creates controversy
Thursday, July 21, 2022 Today’s headlines: Three Republicans from the Illinois Congressional Delegation voted against a measure to codify same-sex and interracial marriages. Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering said it’s time for a nationwide ban on assault-style weapons. The University of Illinois leads the largest health study of box turtles in the world. The Champaign […]
217 Today: New clinics aim to help patients suffering from long-term COVID-19 symptoms
Wednesday, July 20, 2022 Today’s headlines: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has tested positive for COVID-19. Another county resident – a man in his 70s – has died from COVID-19. This is the fifth COVID-19-related death in July and brings the countywide death toll to 301. Governor JB Pritzker ended COVID-19 vaccine mandates for higher education […]
217 Today: ‘Living room’ approach aims to plug gaps in mental health services
Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Today’s headlines: Illinois State Police will start keeping clear and present danger reports to prevent some people from obtaining a Firearm Owners’ ID. The Catholic healthcare provider OSF HealthCare will only cover fertility treatments for its married, opposite-sex workers. The Urbana City Council is considering whether to allow a second plasma […]
217 Today: Agriculture companies are paying farmers to capture carbon. Is it enough to fight climate change?
Monday, July 18, 2022 Today’s headlines: Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger is previewing another public January 6th committee hearing for this week. Season allergies have been getting worse. Jumping worms have made their way to pretty much every state in the Midwest in the last ten years, including Illinois. An argument between two men from Urbana turned […]
217 Today: Some in Illinois still waiting for redress from cannabis industry
Friday, July 15, 2022 Today’s headlines: Many doctors from Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin are now working out of a health center across the Illinois border. In the aftermath of the Highland Park mass shooting over the Fourth of July weekend, Illinois politicians are sparring over gun legislation. If your bicycle is parked at a University […]
217 Today: In rural communities, LGBTQ farmers are becoming more visible
Thursday, July 14, 2022 Today’s headlines: Illinois college students and people who work in higher education in the state will no longer face COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Last week, Judge Lisa Holder White was sworn in as the first Black woman justice on the Illinois Supreme Court. She said her time as both a prosecutor and […]
217 Today: A new law limits disposal of long-lasting chemicals in Illinois, but there are still challenges
Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Today’s headlines: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has appointed a new director of the state’s public health department. Dr. Colleen McNicholas testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday on what her clinic has experienced since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Black facilities workers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have taken a major […]
217 Today: As many states move to restrict or ban abortions, an economic fallout and may be inevitable
Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Today’s headlines: President Joe Biden is praising Highland Park’s mayor and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker for their responses to last week’s July 4th mass shooting. On Monday, the Urbana City Council voted to allow new jail construction within city limits. The Dobbs ruling that reversed Roe v. Wade may also limit […]
217 Today: When children with sickle cell disease grow up, they face a system not designed for them
Monday, July 11, 2022 Today’s headlines: An Illinois lawmaker wants to prevent minors who have hurt themselves or others — or tried to — from legally buying guns. Illinois is receiving nearly five thousand doses of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine from the national stockpile. A new coal mine planned for southeast Champaign County is no […]
217 Today: Wheat prices are up this year, but farmers could lose money this harvest season
Friday, July 8, 2022 Today’s headlines: Illinois’ Republican candidate for governor blames the state for letting the alleged Highland Park shooter buy his guns. The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is hiking financial support to foster parents and caregivers to offset the impacts of rising costs. A week after the first Black woman […]
217 Today: What state reforms could look like for community college students in no-credit developmental courses
Thursday, July 7, 2022 Today’s headlines: A Lake County Judge is denying bail to Robert Crimo III while he awaits trial on charges that he killed seven people in a mass shooting in Highland Park on the Fourth of July. Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey wants to scrap the state’s decades-old gun-permitting system. The head […]
217 Today: Why was the Independence Day gunman allowed to own firearms after a previous run-in with police?
Wednesday, July 6, 2022 Today’s headlines: A survivor talks about his experience at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park on July 4 that killed seven people and hospitalized two dozen more. Alleged Highland Park gunman Robert Crimo III has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. After hearing gunshots at the Independence […]
217 Today: Young women in Indiana are leading the fight to protect reproductive rights in the red state
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 Today’s headlines: One witness to Monday’s Highland Park parade shooting was marching in the event when she heard what she thought might be fireworks. Governor JB Pritzker is calling gun violence a “uniquely American plague” after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park that killed six […]
217 Today: Illinois chefs get creative with ‘Copi cakes’
Friday, July 1, 2022 Today’s headlines: Illinoisans can expect some moderate tax relief starting Friday. Environmental advocates are decrying the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision made Thursday that curtailed the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon emissions. Republican candidates in Illinois who support former President Trump fared very well in this week’s primary election. That may not […]