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The ideal of bipartisanship has dwindled in Congress and in Washington over several decades. The Dirksen Congressional Center in Pekin is holding an event to highlight the importance of that quality in helping government work well.

During a visit to WGLT ahead of the station's Radio Faces fundraiser on Thursday, NPR CEO Katherine Maher expressed optimism about public media's future, but cautioned there are many challenges ahead.

Steve Inskeep is the featured guest at WGLT's Radio Faces dinner on Thursday, Oct. 30 at Illinois State University.

WGLT and public broadcasters across the country are assessing an uncertain future after Congress voted after midnight Friday to cancel about $1.1 billion already committed to public radio and television stations.

WGLT and more than two dozen other NPR stations joined a newly filed amicus brief in the lawsuit that aims to block the Trump administration’s executive order to defund public media.

The measure narrowly passed largely along party lines, 214-to-212, sending the measure to the U.S. Senate.

Today, NPR, alongside Aspen Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, and KSUT Public Radio, filed suit to challenge President Trump’s unlawful Executive Order targeting NPR and PBS. They do so to defend our First Amendment rights and the rights of public media stations across the country. 

Public broadcasters are weighing their options and waiting for what's next after the Trump administration issued an executive order to defund public media.

NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez will visit Bloomington-Normal as the featured guest for this year's Radio Faces gala.

As a member station, WGLT has opted to follow NPR’s lead and stop posting fresh content on Twitter.