AM 580 News Feature Archives
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 May thru June
2002
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AM 580's Tom Rogers has an appreciation of longtime WILL agricultural director Charles
Lindy, who died June 25 of cancer at the age of 49. He began as a reporter but soon helped mold the sound and principles of ag journalism and of AM 580 itself (6/25/02)
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AM 580's Jim Meadows interviews Illinois Sen .Dick Durbin, who opposes talk in Congress of privatizing the struggling Amtrak passenger rail line (6/24/02)
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AM 580's Ali Kawa interviews Ivor Emmanuel, the director of the University of Illinois' Office of International Student Affairs, about new federal rules on tracking students from foreign countries, and how current and potential students are reacting (6/14/02)
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The University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine has hired a professional who helps owners deal with the grief connected to pet health issues. AM 580's Ali Kawa meets the new grief counselor, who will also teach vet students (6/5/02)
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52nd District candidates Rick Winkel and Dan McCollum couldn't come to terms on spending limits. AM 580's Dave Dickey reports that third-party spending, lax disclosure laws and other barriers make mutual limits difficult
(6/5/02)
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AM 580's Tom Rogers interviews Jerry Stermer, the head of the advocacy group "Voices for Illinois Children," which cosponsors the annual "Kids Count" survey on children in America. In this year's report, Illinois ranked 30th in programs to aid children (5/23/02)
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Mosquitoes pose significant health dangers, and Illinois and Indiana may be at risk of a heavy mosquito crop this summer. AM 580's Ali Kawa speaks with a UI entomologist whose discovery of the insects' genetic "odor receptors" could lead to a better repellent (5/22/02)
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AM 580's Jim Meadows reports on the Eastern Illinois Foodbank's move into a bigger warehouse in Urbana
(5/16/02)
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Illinois lawmakers are close to approving a bill to help local governments develop land-use plans. AM 580's Dave Dickey interviews Ellen
Shubart, manager of the Campaign for Sensible Growth, a coalition dedicated to slowing down sprawl (5/14/02)
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The Indiana House Ways and Means Committee is left to wrestle with a deadlock over balancing the state budget and restructuring taxes. AM 580's Tom Rogers talks with Jim
Shella, a political reporter and host of public TV's "Indiana Week in Review" (5/15/02)
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AM 580's Jim Meadows reports from the Douglas County town of Villa Grove, one of many suffering from flooding brought on by heavy weekend rains (5/13/02)
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AM 580's Dave Dickey speaks with Cindy Canary, project director for the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, about proposals from Jim Ryan and Rod Blagojevich to address a key concern of Illinois voters (5/13/02)
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AM 580's Jim Meadows reports on the opening of the new $27 million dollar Champaign Co. Courthouse addition in downtown Urbana (5/13/02)
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AM 580's Jim Meadows recaps a US House subcommittee meeting over standing land claims against land in the state -- claims that several area Congressmen want to block (5/9/02)
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AM 580's Dave Dickey interviews William Sheldrake, director of the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute, about concerns that Indiana is losing ground in the transition to a technology-based economy (5/9/02)
extended interview with
Sheldrake
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AM 580's Jim Meadows talks with the Illinois Board of Higher Education's
new executive director, Daniel LaVista, who enters the job as the IBHE
faces severe budget cuts and worries that state universities are becoming
more prohibitive for lower-income students (5/8/02)
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