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Capitol Cast: SkillsUSA 26.04.2024 11:11

CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller talks with Eric Hill, executive director of SkillsUSA Illinois, about career and technical education in Illinois.

Capitol News Roundup: April 20, 2024 20.04.2024 4:56

Capitol News Illinois Editor-in-Chief Jerry Nowicki recaps the week's news.

Pritzker’s proposals begin to move 19.04.2024 18:12

Capitol News Illinois’ Jerry Nowicki and Peter Hancock talk about the action of the House deadline week, including Gov. JB Pritzker’s insurance reforms and a new plan for pensions.

Capitol News Roundup: April 13, 2024 13.04.2024 4:42

CNI Editor-in-Chief Jerry Nowicki recaps the week's news.

A busy week at the Statehouse 12.04.2024 20:25

Capitol News Illinois Editor-in-Chief Jerry Nowicki talks with reporters Peter Hancock and Andrew Adams about a busy week in state government. Topics include the state's new insurance director, the "Future of Gas" process and several bills that cleared the Senate this week.

Capitol News Roundup: April 6, 2024 06.04.2024 5:54

CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's news.

Capitol Cast: Illinois in the spotlight for Eclipse 2024 05.04.2024 19:42

CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller talks with scientists and eclipse chasers Bob Baer, Troy Cline, Brody Miller, Blair Allen and Lou Mayo ahead of the total solar eclipse events in Carbondale.

Capitol News Roundup: March 30, 2024 30.03.2024 7:05

CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's news from around Illinois.

Capitol Cast: IARSS Executive Director Gary Tipsord discusses the 2024 Teacher Shortage Survey 29.03.2024 11:29

CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller talks with IARSS Executive Director Gary Tipsord. This week, the organization released its annual teacher shortage survey, showing a large number of school officials are challenged when finding teachers and support staff to fill vacancies.

Capitol News Roundup: March 23, 2024 23.03.2024 6:37

CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller wraps up the week's news from in and around the state capitol.

Capitol Cast: Former governors recap 2024 Illinois primary 22.03.2024 23:49

Capitol News Illinois’ Peter Hancock interviews former governors Jim Edgar and Pat Quinn about their thoughts on Illinois’ primary election and more.

Capitol Cast: Jesse Reyes, Joy Cunningham vie for 1st District Supreme Court seat 15.03.2024 44:58

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.

Capitol News Roundup - March 9, 2024 09.03.2024 6:48

CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's news.

Capitol Cast: Illinois lawmakers near the halfway mark in their 2024 session 08.03.2024 15:20

CNI Editor in Chief Jerry Nowicki breaks down the big issues before Illinois lawmakers with Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller.

Capitol News Roundup: March 2, 2024 02.03.2024 4:25

CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's news from around the state.

Capitol Cast: Prairie Band Potawatomi seek to reclaim land 01.03.2024 14:57

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.

Capitol News Roundup: February 24, 2024 24.02.2024 6:01

CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's news from around the state.

Capitol Cast: FY 2025 budget proposal 23.02.2024 16:34

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.

Capitol News Roundup: February 17, 2024 17.02.2024 9:16

CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's news from around the state.

Capitol Cast: Sam McCann trial ends as strangely as it began 16.02.2024 16:51

CNI's Jennifer Fuller talks with Hannah Meisel, who covered the federal corruption trial of former state Sen. Sam McCann.

Former Illinois Congressman joins amicus brief in Colorado case before U.S. Supreme Court 09.02.2024 13:12

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.

Capitol News Roundup: February 3, 2024 03.02.2024 5:32

CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's top news from around Illinois via Capitol News Illinois

Capitol Cast: A half-century after Roe, how will abortion rights play into 2024 elections? 02.02.2024 29:01

CNI's Peter Hancock examines how Roe v. Wade and 2022's Dobbs decision may impact the 2024 elections.

Capitol News Roundup: January 20, 2024 20.01.2024 8:14

CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's stories from around Illinois via Capitol News Illinois.

Capitol Cast: State leaders consider additional steps to address migrant crisis 19.01.2024 11:10

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