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Illinois Times owner looks back at 50 years of local news coverage in Springfieldhttps://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/illinois-times-50th-anniversary
Illinois Times owner looks back at 50 years of local news coverage in Springfield | Illinois Public Media
The Springfield-based Illinois Times is celebrating its 50th anniversary-surviving many changes in journalism from the rise of the Internet and social media to the collapse of classified advertising....
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December 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Illinois Times owner looks back at 50 years of local news coverage in Springfieldhttps://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/illinois-times-50th-anniversary
Investigation looks at issues with ‘inpatient restoration’ in Illinois jailshttps://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/mental-illness-in-illinois-jails
Investigation looks at issues with ‘inpatient restoration’ in Illinois jails | Illinois Public Media
An investigative journalist who reported on the death of a mentally ill woman in an Illinois jail discusses her findings and the challenges people with mental illnesses face in jails across the state....
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December 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Investigation looks at issues with ‘inpatient restoration’ in Illinois jailshttps://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/mental-illness-in-illinois-jails
Illinois Pre-Apprenticeships Deliver Wins for Workers and the State
Illinois Pre-Apprenticeships Deliver Wins for Workers and the State
The America’s Work Force Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Frank Manzo, ILEPI, joined us on today’s show.
awf.labortools.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Illinois Pre-Apprenticeships Deliver Wins for Workers and the State
From music to movies to comedy-celebrating 100 years of Dick Van Dykehttps://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/from-music-to-movies-to-comedy-celebrating-100-years-of-dick-van-dyke
From music to movies to comedy-celebrating 100 years of Dick Van Dyke | Illinois Public Media
Dick Van Dyke is an accomplished actor, singer, and comedian. He celebrated his 100th birthday over the weekend. Van Dyke also grew up in Danville, Illinois. We discuss his life, career, and legacy.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
From music to movies to comedy-celebrating 100 years of Dick Van Dykehttps://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/from-music-to-movies-to-comedy-celebrating-100-years-of-dick-van-dyke
We're working to make Illinois affordable for everyone - The Edwardsville Intelligencer
We’re working to make Illinois affordable for everyone
My focus in 2026 is on making our communities affordable again, writes state Rep. Katie Stuart.
www.theintelligencer.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We're working to make Illinois affordable for everyone - The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Eye On Illinois: After BIPA missteps, can lawmakers get AI regulations correct on the first try?
Eye On Illinois: After BIPA missteps, can lawmakers get AI regulations correct on the first try?
As with facial scans and voice recognition, technology falling under the blanket descriptor of “artificial intelligence” is advancing far more rapidly that any legislation could hope to match.
www.shawlocal.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Eye On Illinois: After BIPA missteps, can lawmakers get AI regulations correct on the first try?
Editorial: The sausage making in the City Council’s Finance Committee wasn’t pretty. But a budget thankfully is in sight.
Editorial: The sausage making in the City Council’s Finance Committee wasn’t pretty. But a budget thankfully is in sight.
The alternative budget an opposition bloc of City Council members has forged isn’t perfect. But it is a way to avert disaster.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Editorial: The sausage making in the City Council’s Finance Committee wasn’t pretty. But a budget thankfully is in sight.
Top films of 2025https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/top-films-of-2025
Top films of 2025 | Illinois Public Media
As 2025 approches its end, two film critics look back at all the different movies that were released this year. The 21st Show is Illinois' statewide weekday public radio talk show, connecting Illinois...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Top films of 2025https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/top-films-of-2025
How is smartphone usage affecting family life?
How is smartphone usage affecting family life? | Illinois Public Media
Smartphones have revolutionized our lives and also changed family dynamics as children are more engaged with their screens these days.An expert who specializes in human developement and family studies...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
How is smartphone usage affecting family life?
Op-Ed: Cook County is a Judicial Hellhole; Illinois families paythe price
Op-Ed: Cook County is a Judicial Hellhole; Illinois families paythe price
For more than a century, my family has run a manufacturing company in Illinois. Atlas Tool Works has weathered recessions, global competition, supply chain shocks, and every kind of business
www.thecentersquare.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Op-Ed: Cook County is a Judicial Hellhole; Illinois families paythe price
Eye On Illinois: Redistricting thankfully moot, railroad reaction and WIU selling QC assets
Eye On Illinois: Redistricting thankfully moot, railroad reaction and WIU selling QC assets
'What they have today is a joke compared to what we had in earlier years… and what we had was non-polluting.'
www.shawlocal.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Eye On Illinois: Redistricting thankfully moot, railroad reaction and WIU selling QC assets
Ald. Debra Silverstein: What the mayor can do to address the rise of anti-Jewish crime in Chicago
Ald. Debra Silverstein: What the mayor can do to address the rise of anti-Jewish crime in Chicago
After an attack on a Jewish festival in Australia, Chicago must address the rise in anti-Jewish crime.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Ald. Debra Silverstein: What the mayor can do to address the rise of anti-Jewish crime in Chicago
New video game provides virtual drive to cities across Illinoishttps://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/new-video-game-provides-virtual-drive-to-cities-across-illinois
New video game provides virtual drive to cities across Illinois | Illinois Public Media
SCS Software, the makers of American Truck Simulator, is soon releasing an expansion for the game that highlights several cities across Illinois, including Chicago, Champaign, Peoria, Quincy, Moline,...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
New video game provides virtual drive to cities across Illinoishttps://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/new-video-game-provides-virtual-drive-to-cities-across-illinois
A deep dive into the Trump administration’s $12 billion farmer bailout packagehttps://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/trump-adminstration-farmer-bailout-
A deep dive into the Trump administration’s $12 billion farmer bailout package | Illinois Public Media
Last week, President Trump announced a $12 billion payment package for American farmers.The money is meant to offset losses from the ongoing trade war with China — which has hit soybean growers especially...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A deep dive into the Trump administration’s $12 billion farmer bailout packagehttps://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/trump-adminstration-farmer-bailout-
Jim Dey | Illinois' abortion policy places Carbondale in a hot spot - The News-Gazette
Jim Dey | Illinois' abortion policy places Carbondale in a hot spot
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December 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Jim Dey | Illinois' abortion policy places Carbondale in a hot spot - The News-Gazette
Opinion: America's quantum future depends on regional ecosystems like Chicago's
Opinion: America's quantum future depends on regional ecosystems like Chicago's
The race for quantum leadership is often framed as a geopolitical contest between nations. But the real battleground is local.
www.chicagobusiness.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Opinion: America's quantum future depends on regional ecosystems like Chicago's
Editorial: Guaranteed income requires steady funding. Illinois governments don’t have it.
Editorial: Guaranteed income requires steady funding. Illinois governments don’t have it.
The real problem is that guaranteed income, however well-intentioned, requires steady funding, something governments in places like Illinois can’t afford to provide.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Editorial: Guaranteed income requires steady funding. Illinois governments don’t have it.
Paul Vallas: The CTU’s power grab is hurting Chicago’s other unions
Paul Vallas: The CTU’s power grab is hurting Chicago’s other unions
The teachers union has turned on fellow public employee unions and attacks even its closest union allies.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Paul Vallas: The CTU’s power grab is hurting Chicago’s other unions
The Workers’ Mic (12/14/25): The Workers’ Mic talks with the Labor Radio Podcast Network
The Workers’ Mic (12/14/25): The Workers’ Mic talks with the Labor Radio Podcast Network
This week on The Workers’ Mic, Powered by the NCL, Ken Edwards, Ed Maher, and Phil Davidson kick off the show by discussing the STL Building Trades Wellness …
wgnradio.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The Workers’ Mic (12/14/25): The Workers’ Mic talks with the Labor Radio Podcast Network
Editorial: The chaotic situation involving property taxes, Cook County tax sales and governmental theft
Editorial: The chaotic situation involving property taxes, Cook County tax sales and governmental theft
Cook County and Illinois have big tax sale troubles on their hands.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Editorial: The chaotic situation involving property taxes, Cook County tax sales and governmental theft
Editorial: Porch piracy is costly and frustrating. And Chicagoland is a hotbed of parcel theft.
Editorial: Porch piracy is costly and frustrating. And Chicagoland is a hotbed of parcel theft.
A recent survey from security company SafeWise pegs Chicago as the No. 1 metropolitan area for parcel theft, based on the financial toll it takes.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Editorial: Porch piracy is costly and frustrating. And Chicagoland is a hotbed of parcel theft.
The state of rail travel across Illinoishttps://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/the-state-of-rail-travel-across-illinois
The state of rail travel across Illinois | Illinois Public Media
There's a lot of passenger rail projects underway across Illinois with some pushing full-steam ahead and some in railway limbo. The 21st Show is Illinois' statewide weekday public radio talk show, connecting...
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December 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The state of rail travel across Illinoishttps://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/the-state-of-rail-travel-across-illinois
Government shutdown is over, but air travel for holidays could still be extra hectichttps://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/holiday-travel-after-end-of-government-shutdown
Government shutdown is over, but air travel for holidays could still be extra hectic | Illinois Public Media
The historic government shut down just ended, but improvements in air travel are not expected right away. Air traffic controllers are increasingly calling in sick resulting in the cancellation of more...
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December 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Government shutdown is over, but air travel for holidays could still be extra hectichttps://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/holiday-travel-after-end-of-government-shutdown
Eye On Illinois: Courts still telling lawmakers to clean up tax sale mess
Eye On Illinois: Courts still telling lawmakers to clean up tax sale mess
HB 3146 remains idled in the House Rules Committee, but Kennelly’s opinion ought to be a major wakeup call.
www.shawlocal.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Eye On Illinois: Courts still telling lawmakers to clean up tax sale mess
How to help solve the firefighter crisis in Illinois
How to help solve the firefighter crisis in Illinois | Opinion
Fire departments across the state are struggling to fill open positions, but there's a solution to help fix it, this writer says.
www.sj-r.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
How to help solve the firefighter crisis in Illinois