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NPR's A Martinez speaks with Democratic strategist Maria Cardona about what choices Democrats face amid allegations surrounding Senate candidate Graham Platner.

When the state finally has a budget, who will be left out?

Editor's note - More than 40,000 undocumented Illinois residents, who came to the country as children, are protected from deportation and are able to...

More than 4 million homes face substantial risk of expensive flood damage, a research organization says. Communities where flood insurance is already unaffordable face potentially catastrophic damage.

Juvenile detention systems often deny young offenders credit for the time they spend waiting behind bars

Linda talks to Dennis Boroczk, who is overseeing a project to retrofit a Boeing 747 airplane with an infrared telescope and doors that can open to allow the telescope to be used during flight at an altitude of 41-thousand feet. Boroczk is Program Manager at the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy at Raytheon Labs. The high-flying telescope will allow scientists to make infrared measurements of a variety of heavenly objects, such as stars, galaxies, and quasars. The effort is a joint project of between NASA and the German Aerospace Center, with Raytheon making the modifications.

President Biden says the government has purchased enough low-dose shots for every child in America.

The U.S. military is making a fresh attempt to take control of Ramadi, Iraq's largest Sunni Arab city. Philip Reeves has been on patrol with U.S. forces in Ramadi, Iraq, a stronghold of the Iraqi insurgency. The Marines now control the center of the town, but not much else.

What is the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency using its budget for?

A study -- from a group that supports a higher income tax rate -- has found that Illinois' tax rate decrease will hurt lower-income families. The personal…