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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg participates in a news conference in New York on Feb. 7, 2023.

House GOP demands testimony and documents from New York prosecutor investigating Trump

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other top Republicans argue DA Alvin Bragg's probe is politically motivated and won't stand up in court. Donald Trump loomed over a Republican retreat in Florida.

WGLT's Sound Ideas - Monday 5/9/22

On today's episode, you'll learn about an Economic Development Council study of the Bloomington-Normal housing shortage. Plus, an interview with ISU President Terri Goss Kinzy. And meet a Republican county treasurer who is running for the Illinois House from central Illinois.

Seen here during a 2020 news conference, Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., is the lead House sponsor of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which passed the House on Tuesday.

House Democrats Pass Bill That Would Protect Worker Organizing Efforts

The PRO Act would provide protections to workers trying to organize, limiting what companies can do to disrupt union membership campaigns. The bill is unlikely to advance in the Senate.

Experts Field Lingering COVID-19 Questions From ISU Faculty, Staff As New Semester Arrives

Illinois State University faculty and staff asked public health experts their lingering COVID-19 questions during a live webinar Friday on the eve of the…

Immigration project staff members at the October 2021 luncheon.

Welcoming Center assists immigrants facing housing and utility debts following COVID's impact

Housing and food insecurity issues are already a struggle for immigrants, and the COVID-19 pandemic financially devastated many by limiting their work opportunities.

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Tiny Houses: Designing Shed-Sized Homes

Jay Shafer, of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, talks about the movement to build small homes. Shafer builds -- and lives in -- houses as small as 70 square feet. He's encouraging others to live that way.

Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs speaks at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield in August. No Republican filed to run against him in 2026 by the initial Nov. 4 filing deadline.

Illinois treasurer faces no GOP challenger as 2026 primary ballots take shape

Gubernatorial, congressional contests draw big fields for the March primaries

Jason Alsene, center, is surrounded by Illinois Wesleyan basketball players on Jan. 19 after he played in a Special Olympics district basketball tournament at Shirk Center in Bloomington.

Jason Alsene is a treasured member of Illinois Wesleyan's basketball family

Illinois Wesleyan's basketball coach calls Jason Alsene “part of the fabric of Titan basketball,” saying he provides “perspective, joy, excitement.”

. Week In Review

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in the news this ast week, including United Nations official Alan Roberts commenting on the scalating situation in Croatia; a Hiroshima bombing survivor remembering the vents 50 years ago; Deputy Attorney General Phillip Heyman on the investigation nto the Clinton administration's involvement in the Whitewater affair; Thomas urphy, the CEO for Captial Cities, speaking about the acquisition of Captial ities/ABC last week by the Walt Disney Company; Michael Jordon, Chairman of the estinghouse Corporation, commenting on the merger of Westinghouse and CBS; epresentative Jack Fields (R-TX) and Representative John Conyers (D-MI) ommenting on telecommunications legislation; Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich R-GA) on campaign reform; and President Bill Clinton commenting on Newt ingrich's failure to follow through on promises made when the two shook hands n New Hampshire last month.

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