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State Week: Madigan’s Replacement Debacle

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,
Charles N. Wheeler III, Hannah Meisel
Published February 26, 2021 at 3:53 PM CST
Brian Mackey

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's legislative district seat saw not just one, but two replacements within a week.  And Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law a large reform package dealing with crime and policing.

The Chicago Sun-Times' Rachel Hinton joins the panel.

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Sean Crawford
Sean has led the NPR Illinois news operations since the fall of 2009.
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Charles N. Wheeler III
The director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Hannah Meisel
Hannah Meisel is a reporter at Capitol News Illinois.
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