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Landlord v. Tenant is a special GLT investigative series exploring low-income rental housing in Bloomington-Normal:An aging stock of low income housing in Bloomington-Normal is causing ongoing tension between tenants and their landlords. Twin City landlords are cited more than 3,000 times a year for housing code violations. Because of their age, many low income rental units are in chronic disrepair. Compounding the problem is that Bloomington and Normal each have only two housing inspectors to oversee more than twenty thousand rental units. And there is little pressure on landlords to change.

In 2017-18, WGLT partnered with the popular true crime podcast Suspect Convictions to explore the 1998 murder of 3-year-old Bloomington girl Christina McNeil. Her father, Barton McNeil, was convicted of the crime but says his ex-girlfriend was the real killer—the same woman who 13 years later was convicted in a second McLean County murder. Suspect Convictions was produced by veteran journalist Scott Reeder and WGLT News Director Emeritus Willis Kern. You can subscribe to the Suspect Convictions podcast.

GLT’s Skipping School is a four-part special series about the teacher shortage facing Illinois schools.

WGLT, an NPR station in central Illinois, is following every move at the Rivian manufacturing plant in Normal, Illinois. The electric vehicle startup has gone from stealth mode to big-time player in the auto world, attracting attention (and big money) from companies like Ford and Amazon.

Celebrate the new year by revisiting GLT's most-read stories, best photos, and top local music picks of 2018.

Public K-12 education is financed almost entirely by the public sector—through taxes—and available to all children. Yet child care and other early childhood education involves substantial family payments. GLT talks to those on the front lines of child care in central Illinois about why it's so expensive, where there are gaps in coverage, and why some are optimistic about long-sought policy changes such as paid family leave.

GLT's coverage of the municipal election on April 2, 2019. Voters will elect members of the Bloomington City Council and Normal Town Council.Learn more about the candidates with our 2019 Voter Guide.

A weeklong series from Illinois public radio stations focusing on the potential impact of marijuana legalization. Series begins April 29, 2019.

Headlines from our sister station WCBU in Peoria.