Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln (CFLL)

More than one million visa students are studying at U.S. colleges. A situation different than their domestic peers, as they came for an education but are dealing with political reality.

The Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln is now taking applications.

Editor Fletcher Farrar and Publisher Michelle Ownbey discuss the first 50 years of Springfield's alternative weekly, Illinois Times, and how it is evolving to increase its coverage of local news.

Amina and Hafsa Rahman completed their project as the first NPR Illinois J-Corps citizen journalists. Before the recognition dinner on June 17, we reviewed the experience with our mother-daughter team.

The Springfield area is second in the country for income gaps between Black, white households

Legislative session ends with no final action on school mascot bill

Updates to federal law mean deadline for repatriation looms.

The conclusion of the series on the central Illinois Muslim community and, in this segment, how current events are concerning.

Part three of a series on Muslims in central Illinois looks at the community's diversity.

Muslim in central Illinois