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Speaker 1: From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Colleen Holden. Bloomington's police chief

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Speaker 1: says federal immigration officials have made no requests for information

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Speaker 1: in the past 3 years. Joel Symington says balancing public

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Speaker 1: safety and following state law prohibiting participation in immigration enforcement

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Speaker 1: has been a frequent discussion topic among police chiefs.

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Speaker 2: We cannot, will not be obstructionists to the federal government

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Speaker 2: because that does leave us up for an opportunity to

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Speaker 2: be charged federally if we obstruct the federal government.

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Speaker 2: However, I, I know it's imperative that we, we take

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Speaker 2: a position of, of educating our community, um, giving them

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Speaker 2: lines of, of engagement.

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Speaker 1: Symington says Bloomington police have helped process 3 times more

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Speaker 1: visa requests for undocumented crime victims since 2023. Illinois State

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Speaker 1: University president Andaba Tarhole is one of 8 university presidents

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Speaker 1: in Illinois backing a new way to fund higher education

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Speaker 1: in Illinois. The plan to create evidence-based funding similar to

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Speaker 1: K through 12 schools passed out of a state House committee.

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Speaker 1: Nicholas Jones is the executive vice president of the University

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Speaker 1: of Illinois System, which is opposed to the specific formula

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Speaker 1: that's been proposed. In the event of flat or reduced funding,

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Speaker 1: the negative impacts on the system are amplified, dramatically worsening inequities.

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Speaker 1: The bill would also boost higher ed funding in the

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Speaker 1: state $135 million annually.

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Speaker 1: The chief judge presiding over five central Illinois counties will

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Speaker 1: retire this year. Casey Costigan has served on the bench

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Speaker 1: in McLean County since 2006. He was selected as chief

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Speaker 1: judge for the 11th Circuit in 2022. Costigan says he

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Speaker 1: wants to increase mental health resources for juveniles interacting with

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Speaker 1: the criminal justice system.

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Speaker 1: This is a group, uh, to where we have an

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Speaker 1: opportunity to make changes, uh, to prevent adult recidivism. This

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Speaker 1: is a group that we have an, an opportunity to

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Speaker 1: have them listen to us. Costigan's replacement as chief judge

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Speaker 1: will be announced later this year, and some Abraham Lincoln

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Speaker 1: artifacts intended to be displayed at a Springfield Presidential Museum

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Speaker 1: appear to be up for auction. These items bear a

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Speaker 1: striking resemblance to known artifacts from the Taper collection.

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Speaker 1: Some of the collection was sold last May to pay

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Speaker 1: off the foundation's multi-million dollar acquisition debt. I'm Colleen Holt.