In today's best of episode, you'll hear from the two Republican candidates running in the June GOP primary election on the 28th. Incumbent state representative Mark Luft, who is also the mayor of Pekin, is facing challenger Travis Weaver, son of former state senator Chuck Weaver, in this months primary election in the redrawn 93rd house district. And Chicago Tribune's Jennifer Smith Richards and ProPublica's Jodi Cohen talk about what they have discovered about how school districts in Illinois are using police and municipal ordinances to fine students for their misbehavior.
Jody Holtz was WCBU's assistant program and development director. She left the station in 2025.