Oct 01 Think tenure protects you? With wealthy donors and less public funding, think again By Denise Cummins Tenure isn't all it's cracked up to be, argues Denise Cummins. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where Cummins used to teach as an adjunct, recently rescinded a job offer made to professor Steven Salaita -- even though he had… Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch Grad rates double after reinvention of Chicago City Colleges By PBS News Hour Just 20 percent of community college students complete a degree in the U.S. Cheryl Hyman, chief of City Colleges of Chicago, is reshaping her school system to not only provide wide access to higher education, but to put students on… Continue watching
Jun 09 More than 1.7 million Americans are stuck in Medicaid application limbo By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News While an unprecedented 6 million people have gained Medicaid coverage since September, mostly as a result of the Affordable Care Act, more than 1.7 million more are still waiting for their applications to be processed—with some stuck in limbo for… Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch Labor board rules Northwestern football players are entitled to unionize as school employees By PBS News Hour The National Labor Relations Board has made a landmark ruling in favor of football players at Northwestern University who claim they are school employees. Currently the decision only applies to private schools, but it is expected to reverberate more widely. Continue watching
Mar 18 Miss America, 'Mitt Romney on steroids' and more to watch in today's Illinois primary By Domenico Montanaro Both sides expect that Republican Bruce Rauner, a wealthy private-equity investor, will win the GOP primary for Illinois governor handily Tuesday. That would set him up to take on vulnerable incumbent Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn. And it’s shaping up to… Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch Coping with exceptional ice in the Great Lakes By PBS News Hour A brutally cold winter has covered the Great Lakes with more ice than they have seen since 1979. Special correspondent Elizabeth Bracket of WTTW reports on the struggle to keep shipping lanes open to Chicago’s ice-clogged harbor to Lake Michigan. Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch With Washington mired in partisan gridlock, can state leaders push forward? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 11 State of Illinois and The Onion team up to sell health insurance By Chelsea Coatney In an attempt to get more “young invincibles” to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, the state of Illinois’ health care outreach program, Get Covered Illinois, is teaming up with Chicago-based satirical news website, The… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch States and cities grapple with cuts to pensions that workers have already earned States and cities grapple with cuts to pensions that workers have already earned… Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch Sunday, December 1, 2013 By PBS News Hour Passenger train derailment, pension crisis in Illinois, Jeffrey Brown on images of war. Continue watching