Capitol News Roundup: March 23, 2024
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller wraps up the week's news from in and around the state capitol.
Mar 23, 2024•7 min
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Capitol Cast: Former governors recap 2024 Illinois primary
Capitol News Illinois’ Peter Hancock interviews former governors Jim Edgar and Pat Quinn about their thoughts on Illinois’ primary election and more.
Mar 22, 2024•24 min
Capitol Cast: Jesse Reyes, Joy Cunningham vie for 1st District Supreme Court seat
Appellate Justice Jesse Reyes talks with Jerry Nowicki, Hannah Meisel and Dilpreet Raju about his race for the state Supreme Court. Meisel and Nowicki discuss Justice Joy Cunningham’s candidate survey on the other side of the Democratic primary race.
Mar 15, 2024•45 min
Capitol News Roundup - March 9, 2024
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's news.
Mar 09, 2024•7 min
Capitol Cast: Illinois lawmakers near the halfway mark in their 2024 session
CNI Editor in Chief Jerry Nowicki breaks down the big issues before Illinois lawmakers with Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller.
Mar 08, 2024•15 min
Capitol News Roundup: March 2, 2024
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's news from around the state.
Mar 02, 2024•4 min
Capitol Cast: Prairie Band Potawatomi seek to reclaim land
CNI's Peter Hancock talks with Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribal Chairman Joseph "Zeke" Rupnick about House Bill 4718, which would return land in DeKalb County to the Native American nation.
Mar 01, 2024•15 min
Capitol News Roundup: February 24, 2024
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's news from around the state.
Feb 24, 2024•6 min
Capitol Cast: FY 2025 budget proposal
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller talks with Editor-in-Chief Jerry Nowicki about Gov. JB Pritzker's proposed FY 2025 budget, along with reaction to it and more.
Feb 23, 2024•17 min
Capitol News Roundup: February 17, 2024
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's news from around the state.
Feb 17, 2024•9 min
Capitol Cast: Sam McCann trial ends as strangely as it began
CNI's Jennifer Fuller talks with Hannah Meisel, who covered the federal corruption trial of former state Sen. Sam McCann.
Feb 16, 2024•17 min
Former Illinois Congressman joins amicus brief in Colorado case before U.S. Supreme Court
Once a Tea Party Republican, former Congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois now calls himself "politically homeless," and independent conservative, and a never-Trumper. CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller talks with Walsh about his choice to join an amicus brief in support of Colorado's decision to bar Trump from the 2024 primary ballot.
Feb 09, 2024•13 min
Capitol News Roundup: February 3, 2024
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's top news from around Illinois via Capitol News Illinois
Feb 03, 2024•6 min
Capitol Cast: A half-century after Roe, how will abortion rights play into 2024 elections?
CNI's Peter Hancock examines how Roe v. Wade and 2022's Dobbs decision may impact the 2024 elections.
Feb 02, 2024•29 min
Capitol News Roundup: January 20, 2024
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's stories from around Illinois via Capitol News Illinois.
Jan 20, 2024•8 min
Capitol Cast: State leaders consider additional steps to address migrant crisis
Capitol News Illinois' Andrew Adams and Jennifer Fuller discuss the latest developments in the ongoing migrant crisis impacting the city of Chicago, as well as other parts of the state. Additional Info: https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/patchwork-aid-system-and-uncertain-funding-leave-thousands-of-migrants-in-limbo
Jan 19, 2024•11 min
Capitol News Roundup: January 13, 2024
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's stories from around Illinois via Capitol News Illinois.
Jan 13, 2024•7 min
Capitol Cast: Previewing the 2024 legislative session
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller and Editor-in-Chief Jerry Nowicki discuss expectations for the 2024 Illinois General Assembly session.
Jan 12, 2024•12 min
Capitol News Roundup - January 6, 2024
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's top stories from around Illinois
Jan 06, 2024•5 min
Capitol Cast: SIU's president sheds light on Illinois' NCAA anti-trust suit
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller talks with SIU President Dan Mahony about a lawsuit filed against the NCAA, alleging the organizations transfer eligibility rules violate anti-trust laws.
Jan 05, 2024•10 min
Capitol Cast: New study shows widening racial and economic gaps in dual credit programs
CNI's Peter Hancock talks with researcher Sarah Cashdollar of the Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative about her new study looking at trends within the state's dual credit program.
Dec 28, 2023•15 min
Capitol News Roundup - December 16, 2023
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's news from across Illinois.
Dec 16, 2023•6 min
Capitol News Roundup - December 9, 2023
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's top stories.
Dec 09, 2023•4 min
Capitol Cast: Halfway through FY '24, CNI's Jerry Nowicki breaks down estimates and predictions
With new estimates from the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, as well as Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, Capitol News Illinois' Jennifer Fuller talks with Editor-in-Chief Jerry Nowicki about how the numbers shake out.
Dec 08, 2023•15 min
Capitol News Roundup - December 2, 2023
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller reports the week's news for December 2, 2023
Dec 02, 2023•6 min
Capitol Cast: Filing Day for 2024 primary brings frigid temps and election themes to Springfield
Capitol News Illinois Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller talks with Editor-in-Chief Jerry Nowicki about the 2023 petition filing deadline for Illinois' 2024 primary election.
Dec 01, 2023•13 min
Capitol News Roundup - November, 18, 2023
Capitol News Illinois reporter Hannah Meisel recaps the week's news.
Nov 18, 2023•6 min
Influential Illinoisans: Dan Lipinski
Capitol News Illinois' Peter Hancock talks with retired Congressman Dan Lipinski about his experiences in Washington, as well as the idea that political polarization is nearing the levels seen before the Civil War.
Nov 17, 2023•13 min
Capitol News Roundup - November 11, 2023
Capitol News Illinois reporter Hannah Meisel recaps the week's news.
Nov 11, 2023•7 min
The Capitol News Illinois team recaps the veto session
Editor-in-Chief Jerry Nowicki talks to reporters Peter Hancock and Andrew Adams about their recent coverage of the action — and inaction — of the General Assembly's fall veto session.
Nov 10, 2023•22 min
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