Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS)

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

Preserving history, improving imagery and correcting historic wrongs are focus of Statehouse advocacy

Springfield: Where the Muslim community feels like home

The J-Corps team shares inteveiw observations from the Muslim community.