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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Friday, June 11, 2021. You'll hear about NAACP reaction to this week's contentious District 87 school board meeting. Plus, a closer look at redistricting.

In 2020, the Republican-controlled state legislature drew a new congressional map. The North Carolina Supreme Court subsequently threw out that map.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will remain in office after a Republican-led recall effort failed. The special election cost the state nearly $300 million in taxpayers' money.

New congressional maps finalized late last year created short election timelines for many North Carolina House races. That may end up placing more value on candidates who can chip in their own cash.

The panel of experts tasked with reviewing Facebook's most difficult content decisions has issued its first rulings, dealing with hate speech, nudity and COVID-19 misinformation.

The program called COVAX was set up to make sure that all countries have access to COVID vaccines. Two key public health figures talk about what went wrong — and how to fix it.

Supporters of the ordinance said the cannabis industry is experiencing a drop-off in business following a boom early in the COVID-19 pandemic and that a tax hike would result in higher prices.

The Boy Scouts of America has been around for more than 110 years, and the Central Illinois W.D. Boyce council is celebrating its 50-year anniversary.For the next 18 months, this council will celebrate the longevity of scouting with both community-based and council-wide events.

Calls of “Justice for Sonya” rang through the sanctuary of a church on Chicago’s West Side on Tuesday at a rally hosted in response to the death of Sonya Massey on July 6.