Mike Smith
Mike Smith is the graduate Public Affairs Reporting intern for the spring 2020 legisltive session.
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An Illinois high school sports coach has mixed feelings about the state’s new guidelines on high school athletics.
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Black Lives Matter protests in Springfield continued Wednesday. Young activists said they aren't giving up on voicing their concerns anytime soon.
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While residents of Springfield wait for Gov. J.B. Pritzker to end his stay-at-home order, two members of the community have gathered their bagpipes to...
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a health organization in East St. Louis will lend its help to the state's COVID-19 contact tracing initiative....
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Workers who caught COVID-19 on the job will be eligible for workers compensation benefits.Business and labor groups both backed House Bill 2455 to help…
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A health advocacy group said a type of water-borne disease may be spreading at Illinois’ unoccupied workplaces.
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The non-profit Kidzeum of Health and Science in Springfield is using Paycheck Protection Program funds to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A senior Pritzker administration staffer tested positive for COVID-19, and all employees in the Governor’s office are now working from home as a...
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A number of legislators have criticized Governor J-B Pritzker’s plan to reopen the state’s economy in five phases. Reporter Mike Smith talked to one...
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Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said state government has been extending help to communities of color that have been disproportionately impacted by the...