Melissa Bell says now is the time to "move on with purpose" after Congress approved funding clawbacks from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Chicago's public media stations are preparing for major cuts after Congress voted to approve eliminating federal funding for public broadcasting.

Now that both the U.S. House and Senate have approved a plan to claw back $9 billion in federal foreign aid and public broadcasting funds, local PBS and NPR affiliates are figuring out what comes next.

Illinois public media stations are bracing for potential cuts to programming and jobs as a result of proposed federal cuts.

The Chicago Public Library has a particularly proud history of advancing democratic principles, having been the first to draft an Intellectual Freedom Policy in 1936 in order to protect the rights of people to read books on all sides of controversial subjects.

The Chicago Teachers Union president declared during a Monday speech that children belong to the city school system as it faces enrollment decline and rising costs.

Public broadcasting stations in the state are bracing for big changes. In Moline, WQPT’s general manager Dawn Schmitt said the TV station expects to have to cut staffing — and the amount of community service it provides.