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State Week: Why Illinois’ Vaccine Rollout Lagged Other States

Brian Mackey
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NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS

While Illinois expands eligibility to receive the new coronavirus vaccine, there are still questions about the speed of distribution so far.  Also this week, the state Republican party has a new leader.

Chicago Tribune Investigative Reporter Joe Mahr joins the panel.

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Sean has led the NPR Illinois news operations since the fall of 2009.
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.
Hannah Meisel is a reporter at Capitol News Illinois.