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6 days ago | 
will.illinois.edu | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Mosqueda
Friday, April 18, 2025Today's headlines: Central Illinois could see some severe storms tonight. Around 100 people gathered in Pontiac this week for a town hall hosted by Robin Kelly, the Democrat representing Illinois’ second district. After years of vacancy, Hotel Royer in downtown Urbana has finally opened.
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1 week ago | 
ipmnewsroom.org | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Mosqueda
Thursday, April 17, 2025 https://ipmnewsroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/217-Today-4_17_25_01.mp3Today’s headlines:A professor at the University of Illinois College of Law is working to make it easier to track abortion laws. Fear among students is stoking false rumors about federal immigration agents visiting the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Some Illinois Democrats are growing impatient with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin.
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1 week ago | 
ipmnewsroom.org | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Mosqueda
URBANA — Ever since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, abortion laws have been literally all over the map, and difficult to track. But Robin Fretwell Wilson, a professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, is working to make it easier to track abortion laws. Wilson presented her team’s research on April 10 during Urbana-Champaign Reproductive Justice Week in Champaign-Urbana. The goal is to create a new website designed to help people understand abortion laws across all 50 states.
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1 week ago | 
ipmnewsroom.org | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Mosqueda
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 https://ipmnewsroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/217-Today-4_16_25_02.mp3Today’s headlines:The Boneyard Creek connects the cities of Champaign and Urbana, which have been taking steps to make the space safer and more accessible. The University of Illinois is suing the federal government over a cap on energy grants. Decatur Public Schools is one of 27 Illinois school districts that have lost access to COVID-19 relief grants.
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1 week ago | 
ipmnewsroom.org | Kimberly Schofield |Adelyn Mui
Listen to Kimberly Schofield and Adelyn Mui talk about weekend events on IPM News AM 580 and FM 90.9 – Wednesdays at 6:45 and 8:45 a.m., and Thursdays at 5:44 p.m.Misery at Monticello Theatre AssociationTime: 7:00 p.m. (April 17-19, April 25-26); 2:00 p.m. matinee on Sunday, April 27Location: Monticello, ILDetails: Based on Stephen King’s psychological thriller about an author rescued by an obsessed fan.
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1 week ago | 
ipmnewsroom.org | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Mosqueda
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 https://ipmnewsroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/217-Today-4_15_25_01.mp3Today’s headlines:Chris Mosier is the first trans athlete to represent the United States in an international competition and spoke about gender liberation and sports in Urbana on Saturday. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus was teaming with students and vendors last weekend to celebrate Earth Month.
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1 week ago | 
ipmnewsroom.org | Kimberly Schofield
CHAMPAIGN – The Virginia Theatre is opening its door to the public after three months of going dark for renovations. Following a soft reopening last week, staff and volunteers are preparing the theatre for its official opening on April 23rd for Ebertfest. Morning Edition host Kimberly Schofield spoke with the theatre’s director, Steven Bentz, about the upgrades to the fly system and what people can expect to see at the historic Virginia Theatre.
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1 week ago | 
will.illinois.edu | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Mosqueda
Monday, April 14, 2025Today's headlines: The Illinois Senate passed legislation protecting public media outlets operated by universities from prior review of stories by those institutions. Local Palestinian Americans say they are hurt by the silence of other ethnic groups in Champaign-Urbana over the conflict in the Middle East.
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1 week ago | 
will.illinois.edu | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Mosqueda
Friday, April 11, 2025Today's headline: WTTW, the PBS station in Chicago, reports JB Pritzker is evaluating a request to appear before Congress about the state’s laws designed to protect undocumented immigrants. Illinois is joining 15 other states and the District of Columbia in suing the Trump administration to restore access to federal pandemic relief funding for schools. Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that would reestablish parole.
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2 weeks ago | 
ipmnewsroom.org | Kimberly Schofield |Stephanie Mosqueda
Thursday, April 10, 2025 https://ipmnewsroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/217-Today-4_10_25_02.mp3Today’s headlines:The union representing Champaign teachers plans to submit a “demand to bargain” next week. This year, the University of Illinois Chancellor’s Research Program is spending nearly $500,000 to fund seven different initiatives. The Trump administration has issued an emergency directive to make it easier to log trees on land managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
