With advocates estimating that as much as 95% of food consumed in Illinois is imported, a state program aims to support the local supply chain.

Ryan Croke visits to share his personal passion and explain the March 17, referendum to create and fund a Sangamon County Mental Health Board to improve the connectivity between existing services.

The proposed 0.5% sales tax increase would fund the new board. The effort came about in the aftermath of Sonya Massey's murder.

Programs help over 1 million residents, but lawmakers debate whether future funding will be there

Karen Stallman of SIU School of Medicine's Farm Family Resource Initiative shares how rural farm families are dealing with accelerating changes in rural life and provides a lifeline at 833-FARM-SOS.

Central Illinois 'Skip gen' farmer, Paul Butler, left his software engineering gig in STL to return to his grandfather's Macon County farm. Tech has changed things since he grew up on it in the 1970s.

Chris Merrett, Dir., Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, shares a status of our rural areas, with postive and challenging developments as part of Community Voices effort to amplify rural voices.

The board could set maximum prices for certain prescription drugs, but faces industry resistance

Farmers, many of whom voted for Trump, say they'd prefer stable trade over a government check

The measure would require producers to establish and finance the programs within 2 years