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Reporting from in and around Illinois.Listen to Statewide on WNIJ Saturdays 6-7 a.m. and Sundays 6-7 p.m.

Statewide: A Change In Law Could Produce More Teachers; High Schoolers Learn Personal Finance

Illinois lawmakers did away with a requirement in 2019 that could have a big impact on those who want to be teachers.  We'll hear from one woman who says it has changed her life. 

With college debt skyrocketing, more high schools see the need to teach personal finance to students.  We'll visit one of those classrooms. 

And not many towns have a poet laureate.  We bring you a report from Aurora, a community that just named its first person to hold that title.  That and more on this week's Statewide.

The lineup for this episode:

* Ryan Denham of WGLT introduces us to a womanwho began her life as a farmer in 2019.  

* Celia Llopis Jepsen reports on a shrinking town and one man's plan to save it.

* A report on the U.S. Masters Championships for Professional Disc Golf that is scheduled for Illinois next year.

* Susie An of WBEZ tells us about a personal finance class for high schoolers.

* Sean Crawford talks with reporter Maureen McKinney about the effects having a parent behind bars can have on a child. 

* Herb Trix of WVIK tells us the latest list of words and phraseson the "banished" list by Lake Superior State University in Michigan.

* Yvonne Boose introduces usto the new poet laureate for the city of Aurora. 

* Jenna Dooley reports on the death of a longtime collector of rare sheet music.

* Sean Crawford sits down with Paula Romanauxand learns about her search for Carnegie pipe organs.  

* Dusty Rhodes speaks with Kelly McConohy, a school paraprofessional who is closer to becoming a teacher thanks to a change in state law.

Statewide for the week of January 10, 2020Listen to Statewide across Illinois in:

  • Bloomington/Normal – WGLT 89.1 (Fridays 11 a.m. - Noon, Sundays 6-7 a.m.)
  • Carbondale – WSIU 91.9 (Fridays 2-3 p.m. and Sundays 6-7 a.m.)
  • Mount Vernon - WVSI 88.9 (Fridays 2-3 p.m. and Sundays 6-7 a.m.)
  • Olney - WUSI 90.3 (Fridays 2-3 p.m. and Sundays 6-7 a.m.)
  • Rockford/DeKalb – WNIJ 89.5 (Saturdays 6-7 a.m., Sundays 6-7 p.m.)
  • Springfield/Decatur - WUIS 91.9 (Fridays 11 a.m. - Noon, 11 p.m. - Midnight, Saturdays 9-10 a.m.)
  • Peoria – WCBU 89.9 (Fridays 6-7 p.m., Sundays 6-7 a.m.)
  • Pittsfield - WIPA 89.3 (Fridays 11 a.m. - Noon, 11 p.m. - Midnight, Saturdays 9-10 a.m.)
  • Urbana/Champaign – WILL 580 (Fridays 11 a.m. - Noon, 7-8 p.m.)

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