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Gov. J.B. Pritzker has released his proposal for the next Illinois budget as part of his State of the State address . But Republican lawmakers in the...

WTVP's independent auditors had flagged concerns about "significant deficiencies" in the station's internal controls for expenditure approvals and reporting for years, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's inspector general found, but the station's governance structure failed to act quickly enough to correct them.

Republican state lawmakers have signaled they want to ban transgender girls from competing on girls school sports teams in Illinois.

Illinois’ political leaders are reacting to the U.S. military’s weekend strikes of three nuclear sites in Iran.

With bearded brides and deep-voiced flower girls, these surreal, public-spirited rituals delighted American communities for decades.

When it comes to on-the-spot answers to simple historical and political questions, some people don't have a clue.

Eight Royals could start in the All Star game July 14. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Chris Eckes, curator of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, about the last time this happened.

In this week's roundup: News from the Ed Department; more parents are taking out loans for their kids in college; and two lawsuits were also filed this week.

Eighty years ago, in July 1925, the mixture of religion, science and the public schools caught fire in Dayton, Tenn. The Scopes trial — or "Monkey Trial," as it was called — dominated headlines across the country. NPR looks back at the Scopes trial, the events that led up to it and its aftermath.

On this week’s episode of Out and About, Nikki Romain and Vivian Standifird join host Jenn Gordon to talk about “Smart People."The play, written by Lydia R. Diamond, follows four Harvard University graduates each interested in different aspects of the brain, particularly how it responds to race. This marks ART Inc.’s first theatrical production, and executive director Nikki Romain promises it won’t be their last.Performances take place June 24-26 in the CEFCU Theatre at the Romain Arts and Cultural Center. For more information or to purchase tickets visit artincpeoria.org.