Sound Ideas

The Community Schools program at two Unit 5 schools will be without federal funding to start the new school year. A legal effort to save the funding was unsuccessful.

A new bill Gov. JB Pritzker has signed into law better accommodates survivors of sexual assault during the reporting process, but police are struggling to find the numbers to make it happen.

Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and Republican challenger Darren Bailey both appeared at the Illinois Agricultural Legislative Roundtable forum at Funk Farms Trust in Shirley.

The arts center's flea infestation is a "speed bump" in the nonprofit's goal of serving the community.

The Bloomington-Normal Community Land Trust purchased its first home July 28 after three years of fundraising, volunteer work and informing the public on land trusts.

In an era of NIL and the transfer portal, Caiden Abbs is a throwback … a student-athlete as invested in academics as athletics.

The Normal Township supervisor said the bill could "dramatically and positively impact" the ability to help residents in need. It awaits the governor's signature.

The ACLU of Illinois has concerns about implementation of new restrictions on soliciting and unattended property near and in Uptown Station. WGLT asked Mayor Chris Koos about the issue during a Sound Ideas interview.

As artificial intelligence budges its way into the business world, insurance companies are grappling with the changes to the kind of work that happens, the types of workers they need and how to develop them.

Most insurance companies, including State Farm and Country Financial, are already implementing AI across their businesses. Here's how they're going about it.