WGLT Sound Ideas- 2/17/21

The health of the nation depends on having pets in the White House? IWU Professor Ellen Furlong says after a four-year hiatus, it's a good thing the job of "first pet" has returned. Plus, Governor JB Pritzker unveils his budget proposal. Hear what's in it and what's not. Mayors and county leaders in central Illinois really don't like parts of the spending plan. African Americans and immigrants are not the only groups to receive increased targeted aggression in the last four years; there's a lot of Asian hatred too. Finally, teacher vaccine clinics have filled up fast in McLean County.