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You’re busy, we’re busy, everyone’s busy. We get it.Local news moves fast, and you may have overlooked some of our most important stories from the past…

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Michael Li, senior counsel at the Brennan Center, and James Barragán, reporter at The Texas Tribune, about the redistricting process in Texas and around the country.

As demand for solar energy continues to grow in the Eastern U.S., the fight over a massive solar farm in Virginia is a harbinger of conflicts to come.

The Illinois Republican Party Central Committee has named Springfield attorney Don Tracy as its new chairman, replacing Tim Schneider, who had held the…

Ten years after the Great Recession, a new housing crisis has developed in America. You’ve been hearing reports all week on Morning Edition and All Things…

A van with laser scanners will drive all 400-plus lane miles in the town to see just how good or bad the streets are. Town Engineer Ryan Otto said the mapping can detect differences in depths of just a few millimeters. That's a lot less than the average pothole. Otto said there's a reason for that.

"We're fasting today for freedom, for mercy, for justice," declared the Rev. Jim Warren of First Christian Church as the sunlight cast a golden glow on…

Leaders at the electric automaker Rivian said Tuesday they’ve recorded their second-straight profitable quarter to start 2025, even as President Trump’s tariffs present “significant uncertainty” and will raise production costs by several thousand dollars per vehicle.

There's a declaration of emergency over the number of unhoused people in Bloomington right now, and efforts to provide new housing and expanded space in shelters. In this episode of WGLT's series "McHistory," you'll learn that the issue is not new — though the response today is perhaps more humane than it was in other eras.

The federal government is responsible for enacting immigration reforms, but states can make the lives of immigrants better through state statutes.