First Listen for Thursday, April 9, 2026.
* UIS tenured and tenure track faculty remains on strike. The sides are apart on salaries.
* Springfield police arrest several after a break-in and gun theft at Scheel's Sporting Goods
* The U.S. Supreme Court chooses not to take up a challenge to Illinois' ban on loaded guns aboard public transit
* Illinois Republicans want to suspend the sales tax on gasoline
* An Illinois committee has approved composting human remains as a burial option.
