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On today's episode, you'll hear an update on LGTBQ+ advocacy work on the Illinois State University campus, after a series of troubling incidents earlier in the semester. Plus, an interview with Normal's assistant city manager about the development of Uptown South. And an update about the new Central Illinois Bridge Academy with its director.

WGLT'S The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Thursday, January 27. You'll hear the latest about plans for a new Samsung battery plant in Normal and learn about another place COVID test shortages may have an impact. Plus, Jon Norton interviews Noah Renken-Kapatos of the pysch-rock trio, Great Value Jesus.

WGLT’s The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Friday, January 19. You’ll hear about new vaccination-only movie showings at a local theater and how an ongoing teacher shortage may change Unit 5's school schedule. Plus, what to expect when the Illinois Symphony returns to the Bloomington Center for Performing Arts next week.

WGLT’s The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Wednesday, January 19. You’ll hear the latest COVID news plus take a look at how many employees State Farm is trying to hire. Plus, an Illinois State University professor talks about her newest book, and how student reflections on the pandemic in 2020 are still relevant today.

The wave of omicron cases is making life tough for event planners. And a standout athlete at Illinois Wesleyan University does crochet in her free time. Elmily Kleffman says she enjoys donating the small caps she makes. Hear from a new state representative candidate. And everyone knows the Morton Pumpkin Festival, but Eureka had it first.

Educators were left underwhelmed by Governor Bruce Rauner's speech at the regional alternative school in Bloomington last week. District 87 Superintendent…

On today's episode, Eric Stock talks to a national library leader about the future of libraries -- and where Bloomington's expansion plans fit in. Plus, a new installment of Sound Health looks at the prospects of "forever COVID" and what that means for health care systems. And we'll recap a major climate change summit in central Illinois.

New York City employers must post the minimum and maximum salary amounts they are prepared to pay at the time of the listing. Vague language such as "$15 per hour and up" is prohibited, the law says.

Sun Dawu has befriended and supported political dissidents. Now he may become one himself. "This is a simple administrative law case, but it has become politicized and distorted," says his lawyer.

Egyptians are preparing to vote on a new constitution, again. When the last constitution was approved, President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood was in power. He was ousted in July. The latest constitution was drafted by the military-backed government that ousted Morsi. Nathan Brown, who studies constitutionalism and rule of law in the Arab world, talks to Robert Siegel about what's at stake in the process, and the criticism the draft constitution has received. Brown is a professor at George Washington University and a scholar with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.