Sean Crawford hosts our weekly roundup of reports and conversations from in and around Illinois.
On this week's Statewide:
- Dusty Rhodes of NPR Illinois interviews WBEZ Education Reporter Linda Lutton about her research into the new Illinois private school scholarship program
- Jason Parrott of Tri States Public Radio has the story of an historic barn destroyed in a tornado but lives on through art
- NPR Illinois’ Daisy Contreras talks with State Climatologist Jim Angel regarding the Great Flood of 1993, 25 years later
- Harvest Public Media’s Frank Morris recalls the 1980 grain embargo and lessons for today’s trade wars
- Rachel Otwell reports for Illinois Newsroom on the efforts to bring more recognition to Springfield’s 1908 race riot
- Mary Hansen reports for Illinois Issues on the latest push to revive the Illinois horse racing industry
- Lee Gaines of Illinois Newsroom talks with a researcher about what the state can do to stem the teacher shortage
- Rich Egger of Tri States Public Radio on Western Illinois University’s decision to eliminate funding for the service
