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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Officials are on standby at polling places across Illinois. There are some rules you may not know.This is the first presidential election when Illinois is… -
Illinois' new policy on shackling juveniles takes effect Tuesday. No longer can youth be handcuffed or forced to wear ankle chains in courtrooms without… -
About 260,000 low-income Illinois residents were in danger of losing food stamp priveleges early next year.The administration of Governor Bruce Rauner has… -
The Illinois Supreme Court is committing to a redesign of pretrial justice procedures, the system in place to deal with individuals from the time they're… -
Illinois has created a network of emergency foster care homes.Department of Children and Family Services Director George Sheldon says these homes are… -
The leader of Illinois' largest utility is appealing to lawmakers’ competitive spirits to get them on board with overhauling energy regulations.Com-Ed CEO… -
The Girl on the Train. Suicide Squad. Bridget Jones's Baby. These are the movies showing now at a theater near you. Throughout October, a handful of... -
As Exelon seeks state help in propping up the Clinton Nuclear Plants and several Illinois reactors, the company's subsidiary, Com-Ed, has pushed for… -
Both Bloomington-based State Farm Insurance and Country Financial have mobilized catastrophe teams as Hurricane Matthew moves closer to the U. S. coast… -
Heroin addiction and opioid abuse are viewed as an epidemic in Illinois, and across the nation. The medical marijuana industry is trying to steer patients…
