Capitol Cast: Illinois
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Feb 23, 2024 • 17min
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 17, 2024 • 9min
Capitol News Roundup: February 17, 2024
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's news from around the state.
Feb 16, 2024 • 17min
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 9, 2024 • 13min
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 3, 2024 • 6min
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 2, 2024 • 29min
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.
Jan 20, 2024 • 8min
Capitol News Roundup: January 20, 2024
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's stories from around Illinois via Capitol News Illinois.
Jan 19, 2024 • 11min
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 13, 2024 • 7min
Capitol News Roundup: January 13, 2024
CNI Broadcast Director Jennifer Fuller recaps the week's stories from around Illinois via Capitol News Illinois.
Jan 12, 2024 • 12min
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.
