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WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Wednesday, July 6, 2022. You'll hear the latest on the mass shooting in Highland Park. Plus, an author and photographer talk about their new book about restoring wetland habitats in the Illinois River watershed. On Deck is produced by Holden Kellogg.

Companies at the center of the deadly prescription opioid epidemic are close to deals that would cap their liability while funding drug treatment and recovery programs.

Linda talks with U-S Representative David Skaggs (D, CO) about the lawsuit he and five other members of Congress filed, challenging the constitutionality of the new law which gives the President line-item veto power. Skaggs believes the line-item veto law tips the balance of power in favor of the executive branch and away from Congress.

Faith and religion have been career-long themes for the Run the Jewels rapper — if often in a wary, ambivalent light. But on Michael, his first solo LP in over a decade, something has changed.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, October 6th. You'll hear what Peoria Mayor Rita Ali has to say regarding the fatal officer involved shooting that occurred Monday night involving four Peoria police officers. Plus, pickleball in the Peoria area is gaining traction, and you'll hear from some players on why they love the sport.

While six retired military generals have come out in the past weeks calling for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to step down, no active generals have followed suit. Time magazine reporter and commentator Douglas Waller offers some historical perspective on speaking out against a senior official.

Now that the line-item veto has passed through both houses of Congress, it is expected that President Clinton will sign the bill, which will give the executive branch the power to cross out select lines of the federal budget, rather than vetoing the entire budget. We have a discussion about the implications of the passage of line-item veto...about its effects on the balance of power between executive and legislative branches, and if indeed it will help the president balance te budget. Linda talks with Robert Reischauer (RYESH-how-er), a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former director of the Congressional Budget Office, as well with James Thurber, director for the Congressional and Presidential Studies at Amercian University.

An Illinois Senate committee has rejected one of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's top pro-business priorities.The Democrat-controlled panel voted along…

Members of the Freedom Caucus warned of political consequences for House Speaker Paul Ryan if he brings an immigration bill to the floor that they believe breaks promises made by President Trump.

President Clinton signed the line-item veto bill today. It will allow a president to eliminate specific items in spending legislation, as well as very narrow tax loopholes and new entitlements. The new law, which presidents have called for for decades, goes into effect next January and will expire in eight years unless Congress extends it. Proponents say it will help cut the deficit. But NPR's Mara Liasson reports that many analysts are skeptical about the line-item veto's effectiveness.