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There is not much prairie left in Illinois. Once, there was a waving sea of tall perennial flowers and grasses across much of the state. Now there is .01% of the original prairie left in Illinois.

It's been a year since the deadly church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas. In the past year, the tiny community — including survivors — has struggled to cope with what happened and why.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with retired Army Lt. Gen. James Dubik about the use of troops along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Latino voters lean heavily toward Democrats, and are expected to do so this year as President Trump has used immigration and dangers posed by immigrants as a way to motivate his supporters to vote.

Neneh Cherry started her music a career in a punk rock band, then she started rapping. Her new album, Broken Politics is a philosophical meditation on staying strong in trying times.

Hotly contested gubernatorial races in the Midwest are testing whether President Trump's wins in states like Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin represent a lasting shift or a blip.

This week, Rivian customers from all over the Midwest are coming to Normal to take their first drive in the company's electric pickup.

John Hinckley Jr., who wounded then President Reagan and three others in a failed assassination attempt in 1981, will win unconditional release next year as part of a court settlement.

With vaccine mandates in place all over the country, workers opposed to the shots are requesting religious exemptions, but federal law puts employers in a strong position when weighing the requests.

A man who was shot earlier this month at a north Normal apartment complex has died. According to a news release the Normal Police Department issued Monday, Roy Ward Jr., 20, of Peoria, died at Carle BroMenn Medical Center in Normal. Authorities said Ward died of multiple gunshot wounds. Toxicology results are pending.