Amanda Vinicky
Amanda Vinicky moved to Chicago Tonight on WTTW-TV PBS in 2017.
Amanda Vinicky covered Illinois politics and government for NPR Illinois and the Illinois public radio network from 2006-2016. Highlights include reporting on the historic impeachment and removal from office of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, winning a national award for her coverage of Illinois' electric rate fight as a result of deregulation, and following Illinois' delegations to the Democratic and Republican national political conventions in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
She interned with WUIS in graduate school; she graduated from the University of Illinois Springfield's Public Affairs Reporting program in 2005. She also holds degrees in journalism and political science from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.
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Illinoisans voted in the primary election as COVID-19 continued its spread across the state. -
State Week: Sandoval Pleads Guilty, Pritzker Describes 'Scourge' Of Corruption In State Of The StateGov. J.B. Pritzker focused on corruption in his State of the State address this week, a day after former state Sen. Martin Sandoval pleaded guilty to...
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It would be difficult to overstate how consequential the past year was in Illinois government and politics. This week on State Week , the panel looks...
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More details come out about FBI raids on the home and offices of state Sen. Martin Sandoval. The Legislative inspector general is out with two reports... -
State Week: Cities Opting Out Of Marijuana, Schock Corruption Charges Dropped, McSweeney Out For NowNaperville government prohibits recreational sales of the drug in the community. Corruptions charges are formally dropped against former Congressman...
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker canceled an upcoming performance by the band Confederate Railroad at the DuQuoin State Fair.
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Illinois' new comptroller says she will continue the practice of waiting to pay public officials' paychecks.Democrat Susana Mendoza took the oath of… -
For the first time since summer, Governor Bruce Rauner and the legislature's four top leaders got together Tuesday morning. They're set to do it again… -
Illinois legislators' fall veto session is getting underway, and already a bipartisan split is festering.Sunday, Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan…
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Illinois’ constitution has been amended for the 14th time since it was adopted in 1970.Voters overwhelmingly approved what’s known as a “lockbox” for…
