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The latest election results in several key Illinois races, including governor, U.S. House, and the General Assembly. These results come from NPR and The…

Home prices are at a record high and inventory is at a record low — but the Atlantic's Derek Thompson recommends waiting it out.

One of President Mandela's promises for a new South Africa was improvements in housing for the country's poor. NPR's Ann Cooper revisited a refugee shelter in Johannesburg, where people who lost their homes in political violence five years ago are still living. She found that many of the residents are frustrated with the government and don't anticipate living in homes of their own in the near future.

Ben Gilbert reports on a controversy in Massachusetts over one woman's plan to build a rehabilitation community for recovering substance abuse patients on a 50-acre plot that used to be a farm. But opponents see it less as a farm, and more as "their backyard." This report is part of NPR's year-long "Housing First" series.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that decades after a federal judge ordered it, new houses are about to built for black residents who lost their homes in an ethnic enclave next to Detroit. The few African-Americans in Hamtramck, Mich., in the 1960s successfully claimed in court that urban renewal targeted their homes for destruction and withheld relocation help.

Scott Aiges reviews Rocket House, the latest album from Chris Whitley. Whitley's debut album a decade ago was called a masterpiece in postmodern blues. On this record, he mixes songs that are firmly rooted in the blues with hypnotic futuristic sound effects. The highly stylized sound doesn't obscure the solid foundation of the songs, and Aiges says the album is both rootsy and experimental.

Several Republicans walked out of Tuesday's classified White House briefing on Ukraine.

Rapper Curtis Roach tells NPR about how his life has changed since his song "Bored in the House" became a viral quarantine hit.

Baby boomers have the biggest share of real estate wealth in the U.S. and aren't selling their homes as they grow old. So some people blame boomers for the housing shortage. But is that really fair?

The Local Candidates Open House took place Wednesday evening at Illinois State University's Bone Student Center. It was hosted by WGLT in partnership with the League of Women Voters of McLean County, the Bloomington-Normal branch of the NAACP, and ISU's Center for Civic Engagement.