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WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Wednesday, October 13, 2021. Our top story is about the Citizen’s Utility Board’s new guidebook aimed at helping renters manage utility costs while finding ways to go greener. Student reporter Olivia Streeter talked to Jim Chilsen about how the guide can help renters save money.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Monday, November 1. Our top story is about the COVID-19 vaccination dose for 5 to 11-year-olds. You’ll also hear from Charles Bell, an Illinois State University professor. Sarah Nardi interviewed Bell about his recent book, “Suspended: Punishment, Violence, and the Failure of School Safety.”

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rep. Sean Maloney, D-N.Y., and member of the House Intelligence Committee, about the deposition the head of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine.

So far this year, flu infections are way down in the Southern Hemisphere. Scientists want to know why — and what it means for the Northern Hemisphere as their flu season looms.

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is a former member of Congress and remained popular on Capitol Hill. John Ratcliffe, the president's new pick, is a comparative newcomer.

President-elect Trump's major cabinet nominations are in. Now it's up to the Senate to confirm them.

The agreement by the budget committee chairmen is no grand bargain. It's more like a minibargain. All the really hard stuff was sidestepped because the ideological rift between Washington Democrats and Republicans made it impossible to include those items.

Kenneth Polite, head of the Criminal Division since July, wants to take the most dangerous people off the streets and spend more on preventing violence.

Spain has recorded more than 255,000 Venezuelans living in the country, with estimates even higher, as families flee the South American country in deep crisis.

The Southern Baptist Convention meets this week in Nashville, bringing to the fore a host of controversial issues that threaten to cause a rift among the faithful.