A couple of years ago, Ronald Reagan’s first boyhood home in Dixon was, as The Washington Post put it, “falling apart.” Today, things are looking much better. But the museum’s director says there’s still more to be done.
The statistics are sobering. Opioid overdoses have killed nearly 11,000 people in Illinois since 2008. Last year alone, that number was nearly 2,000 — twice the number of fatal car crashes. State officials estimate that number will continue to explode.
On The 21st: Why did a Kansas-based fracking company cancel its Illinois plans? Plus, we talk to director Kelly Richmond Pope about her new film highlighting a famous embezzlement case, and we get the latest in state politics news.
