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The number of coronavirus cases is soaring in Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott shut the state back down two weeks ago. NPR's David Greene talks to Pat Hallisey, the mayor of League City.

Area car repair shops have been in high gear this summer, in part, because of many of 240 miles of residential streets in Bloomington are in such bad…

Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, Republican State Rep. Dan Brady and Libertarian Jon Stewart are competing to be the next Illinois Secretary of State to replace Jesse White, who has served six terms in the office.

- Daniel talks with Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke about the possible impact on L-A County of the welfare reform legislation passed this week by Congress. She says the financial effects will be severe, the County doesn't have the money, and she's not sure what they're going to do about it.

Families of the 21 victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary had been demanding Arredondo be fired since details became clear of the law enforcement failures that day.

A pair of English professors have teamed up to help readers find new ways to evaluate poetry.You need more than a book of poetry to get the most of of…

Heat-related deaths in Phoenix dropped last year despite record heat thanks to a network of 24-hour cooling shelters. Now, federal support for them is running out.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist Sarah Stillman, a writer for The New Yorker, about her reporting on efforts to grant children the "right to hug" their incarcerated parents.

A service of Illinois State University, WGLT was licensed by the FCC in 1966. Then a student-run radio station, WGLT was heard only in the ISU dorms. Over the decades support from the University and the community has allowed WGLT to become a full service public radio station,

Host Lisa Simeone talks with NPR's Wade Goodwyn who is in Broward County, Florida. Broward County expects to finish its manual recount of votes this afternoon.