Evan Holden
InternEvan Holden is the Public Affairs Reporting intern for WGLT. He joined the station in January 2026.
He attends the University of Illinois Springfield and is from St. Louis. He graduated from the University of Missouri, Mizzou, with a journalism and history degree. When Evan was at Mizzou, he worked for NPR member station KBIA and the Columbia Missourian newspaper. He then worked for NPR Illinois in the fall.
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Illinois lawmakers want to increase funding for community schools because of the loss of federal grant money. -
Bloomington state Rep. Sharon Chung has introduced a insurance bill that invites conversation and compromise between insurance companies and the state. -
Democratic lawmakers mostly support the proposal, but have concerns about higher education funding. Republicans have concern about increases in taxes and increased spending. -
Illinois municipalities face confusion on whether the Illinois election code allows for the implementation of ranked choice voting. Illinois lawmakers introduced a bill that would clarify how local governments can implement ranked choice voting. -
Lawmakers have concerns about increasing higher education funding this year, with a tight budget. They are waiting for more information to decide on a change to the funding model. -
Illinois Senate Republicans introduced bills to protect victims of domestic violence by making it a felony to repeatedly violate orders of protection and give law enforcement the ability to detain violators for longer periods of time. -
Organizaciones sin fines de lucro en todo Illinois han firmado una carta pidiendo al gobierno estatal que resista las políticas de la administración Trump que perjudicarían los objetivos de sus organizaciones. -
Los legisladores de Illinois buscan apoyar a los agricultores que enfrentan desafíos financieros debido a los aranceles, la inflación y un mercado extranjero más competitivo. -
Peoria Proud and the JOLT foundation signed a letter, along with 100 other non-profit organizations, asking the Illinois government to resist the Trump administration's policies.
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Illinois lawmakers look for solutions as farmers see financial troubles due to tariffs and inflationIllinois farmers feel the impacts of tariffs, inflation and more competition. The federal government introduced bridge payments, but these payments are not enough to offset the cost of farming.
