Illinois

State Week: Legal Weed, New Laws In New Year

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,

Sam Dunklau, Brian Mackey, Charles N. Wheeler III

Published December 20, 2019 at 4:30 PM CST

Legal marijuana is coming January 1 — what will that look like in Illinois? Will there be enough supply to meet demand? And what will happen to the black market?

Meanwhile, marijuana legalization is just one of many new laws taking effect in the New Year. We have a few of the highlights.

Sean Crawford hosts with regular panelists Charlie Wheeler and Brian Mackey. Guests are Ally Marotti, who covers the business of marijuana for the Chicago Tribune; and Sam Dunklau, of NPR Illinois.

State Week | December 20, 2019

Illinois

Sean Crawford

Sean has led the NPR Illinois news operations since the fall of 2009.

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Sam Dunklau

Sam is a Public Affairs Reporting intern for spring 2018, working out the NPR Illinois Statehouse bureau.

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Brian Mackey

Brian Mackey formerly reported on state government and politics for NPR Illinois and a dozen other public radio stations across the state. Before that, he was A&E editor at The State Journal-Register and Statehouse bureau chief for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.

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Charles N. Wheeler III

The director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.

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