From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ben Howell, an Illinois Wesleyan University physics professor says the Trump administration effort to choke off the supply of international students in US universities is unwise. Gabe Spalding says a lot of physics researchers and professors are getting recruitment overtures from universities outside the US. I have.

From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ben Howell, an Illinois Wesleyan University physics professor says the Trump administration effort to choke off the supply of international students in US universities is unwise. Gabe Spalding says a lot of physics researchers and professors are getting recruitment overtures from universities outside the US. I have.

And you know, I am teaching at an undergraduate institution, a teaching institution. Spalding predicts there will be significant brain drain. A federal court ruling to restore grant funding for AmeriCorps may mean those providing legal help at the McLean County Courthouse can continue. 11th Circuit Court Administrator Will Scanlan says statewide funding filled the gap and kept legal aids in place through mid-August. Now they wait to see when and if the federal government will restore AmeriCorps funding. But what was unclear to us is whether there was going to be any funding.

And you know, I am teaching at an undergraduate institution, a teaching institution. Spalding predicts there will be significant brain drain. A federal court ruling to restore grant funding for AmeriCorps may mean those providing legal help at the McLean County Courthouse can continue. 11th Circuit Court Administrator Will Scanlan says statewide funding filled the gap and kept legal aids in place through mid-August. Now they wait to see when and if the federal government will restore AmeriCorps funding. But what was unclear to us is whether there was going to be any funding.

Beginning August 15th through the remainder of the next 12 months, Justice Corps members help people in civil trials find and fill out the correct forms and get procedural guidance.

Beginning August 15th through the remainder of the next 12 months, Justice Corps members help people in civil trials find and fill out the correct forms and get procedural guidance.

A judge has sentenced a Bloomington woman charged with her son's death to 10 years in prison. Stephanie Flores Ramirez pleaded guilty to two charges of driving under the influence. Prosecutors dropped additional charges as part of a plea agreement. Flores Ramirez crashed while driving on Interstate 74 near Bloomington last July. Her 8-year-old son died as a result of injuries related to the crash.

A judge has sentenced a Bloomington woman charged with her son's death to 10 years in prison. Stephanie Flores Ramirez pleaded guilty to two charges of driving under the influence. Prosecutors dropped additional charges as part of a plea agreement. Flores Ramirez crashed while driving on Interstate 74 near Bloomington last July. Her 8-year-old son died as a result of injuries related to the crash.

OSF Healthcare plans to center its cardiac care in the Twin Cities as the hospital system shifts priority toward behavioral health services in Urbana. JT Barnhart is the president of OSF Hospitals in Urbana and Danville. He says they're working to relocate heart specialists to OSF Saint Joseph's in Bloomington.

OSF Healthcare plans to center its cardiac care in the Twin Cities as the hospital system shifts priority toward behavioral health services in Urbana. JT Barnhart is the president of OSF Hospitals in Urbana and Danville. He says they're working to relocate heart specialists to OSF Saint Joseph's in Bloomington.

We've just

We've just

done a huge capital expansion at that facility, uh, around the cath lab, around the OR, around the ICU.

done a huge capital expansion at that facility, uh, around the cath lab, around the OR, around the ICU.

Urbana.

Urbana.

Danville will continue limited cardiac care through virtual visits and satellite clinics, and convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan could get more than a dozen years in prison when he's sentenced on Friday. Former suburban congressman turned podcaster Joe Walsh says it's not a stretch to see Madigan appeal to President Trump for clemency with help from one-time nemesis Rod Blagojevich. Illinois's former governor got a pardon from Trump earlier this year. I'm Ben.

Danville will continue limited cardiac care through virtual visits and satellite clinics, and convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan could get more than a dozen years in prison when he's sentenced on Friday. Former suburban congressman turned podcaster Joe Walsh says it's not a stretch to see Madigan appeal to President Trump for clemency with help from one-time nemesis Rod Blagojevich. Illinois's former governor got a pardon from Trump earlier this year. I'm Ben.