Alex Degman
Statehouse ReporterAlex Degman is a Statehouse reporter with WBEZ. He can be reached at adegman@wbez.org.
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The legislature’s spring session gets underway on Jan. 16, but the upcoming election could play a role in what gets done and when. -
The department’s budget is growing as new leadership is being recruited. Advocates hope those changes signal more improvements to come. -
Alex Degman talked with State Police Director Brendan Kelly about how the agency is reporting differently than it did a year ago. -
A new Illinois State Police form lets people report corruption anonymously. But does it go far enough? -
The bill sets up a framework to let these employees join a union, but those affected are still seeking changes. -
Lawmakers have been away from Springfield since May but they’re coming back for two weeks. What do they do? Why is their schedule like this?
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The move comes after nearly a year of requests for voluntary recognition by employees in offices run by Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch. -
The community of Highland Park will hold a ceremony and community walk in honor of the seven people killed last year during a shooting at a July Fourth parade.
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Nancy Rotering plans to continue her anti-gun activism, noting the ongoing gun threat is "pervasive" and "harming us as a society." -
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a measure that will withhold state funds from libraries that ban books. The move sparked a lot of questions.
