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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Wednesday, February 2. You'll hear directly from an Illinois Department of Transportation regional director. Plus, Bloomington-Normal school leaders weigh-in on how they decide to go with a snow day versus an e-learning day.

WGLT's Maggie Strahan talks to state Sens. Jason Barickman and Dave Koehler about their takeaways from Gov. JB Pritzker's budget plan and State of the State address on Wednesday.

Illinois Governor J-B Pritzker says the state is better off financially than when he first took office. During his state of the state and budget message the Governor projected the state will end this fiscal year $1.7 billion dollars in the green after also ending last year with a surplus. And student reporter Maggie Strahan talks with State Senator Dave Koehler of Peoria to get the first take on the speech. Strahan also chats with Bloomington State Senator Jason Barickman. If you're on Facebook, chances are you or someone you know is a member of Illinois Storm Community. In an interview with Hannah Alani, Carlos Wyant describes what it's like to lead such an active Facebook group. And the new U.S. Attorney for the central district of Illinois says he will continue to make human trafficking a high priority. In this interview with correspondent Edith Brady Lunny, Harris says he wants to further develop the human trafficking task force using a $1.3 million-dollar federal grant.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Monday, Jan. 31. An ISU professor weighs-in on why the Bloomington-Normal area was the only metro area in the state to see a new jobs loss in the past year and the Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner says the conference that ISU plays in might not done growing any time soon. Plus, ahead of a documentary screening on Tuesday, Charlie Schlenker speaks with Dane Myers, the Assistant Director of the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development at ISU about why the Peace Corps is still more relevant than ever, 60 years after its founding.

WGLT's the Leadoff is everything you need to know for Thursday, February 3. McLean County didn't meet the highest recorded snowfall in a day yesterday -- we'll tell you when that record was set and how much snow fell at the time. And just because most people had a snow Wednesday doesn't mean everyone does: A social service provider tells us they don't have the day off. Plus, WBEZ statehouse reporter Alex Degman breaks down Gov. JB Pritkzer's budget address.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. You'll hear about a Normal Town Council member's view on pedestrian safety along College Avenue. Plus, an interview with Normal Mayor Chris Koos.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. You'll hear about some new year's resolutions in the ISU Athletics program. Plus, an ISU biomathematics expert talks about how human behavior demanded a change in COVID modeling.

On today's episode, you'll hear from an Illinois State University biomathematician on how human behavior is driving evolution in COVID modeling. Plus, you'll meet the new CEO of the Midwest Food Bank and hear an interview with state Sen. Jason Barickman. And Lauren Warnecke previews a new production of "A Raisin in the Sun" at Community Players Theatre.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. You'll hear the latest on ISU's push for a new engineering college. Plus, the new CEO of the Midwest Food Bank talks about the changing picture of food insecurity.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. You'll hear about the latest on COVID-19 in McLean County and throughout Illinois. Plus, a two Bloomington sisters who suffered an unimaginable loss are learning to cope with their grief by helping others cope with theirs.