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How bad does the air get inside your house? What should schools do about recess? Western states have grappled with all that before.

Peoples Gas cut $58 million, or nearly 30%, from the rate hike it requested in January. If approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission, typical residential bills would increase by $7-8 per month in 2027, rather than the $10-11 originally requested.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with three educators who are currently teaching the new AP course on African-American studies.

County lawmakers in Washington state are considering tighter restrictions on whalewatching. Conservationists argue the noisy boatloads of tourists are contributing to the mysterious decline in numbers of the orca whale population. From member station KUOW in Seattle, Sam Eaton reports.

Dumb criminal gets caught, and Kalkaska County, Mich., authorities pull the plug on inmates.

Scott with some thoughts about a political storm in Dane County, Wisconsin about a supervisor, and his desire to spend his winters in Florida.

Scott talks to Coach Russ Gray of Georgia's Glascock County High School Panthers basketball team about what it took to break a 62-game losing streak.

Peoria-area county sheriffs are going to have extra deputies on shifts for Election Day.

Linda talks to NPR's Don Gonyea about the latest upheaval caused by Dr. Jack Kevorkian. The Oakland, Michigan, county coroner said that he found no evidence of fatal illness in the latest woman D. Kevorkian helped to die.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports that on the day after the last presidential debate, President Bill Clinton appeared at a campaign rally in Orange County, California...an area that's generally considered a Republican stronghold, but where he hopes to do well on Election Day.