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Editor-in-chief for Capitol News Illinois. Former editor of the LeRoy Farmer City Press.

Springfield, IL
Joined January 2014
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Jerry Nowicki
2 years
The Satanic Templeโ€™s holiday display returns to the state Capitol in its third iteration.
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2 years
More than three years photographing the same faces can make finding unique shots difficult. Today, however, I believe I succeeded in the task.
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3 years
Time for a personal note! Itโ€™s been an amazing seven weeks bonding with this beautiful baby, (mostly) ignoring state government. But itโ€™s budget time, and that means back to the beat!
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2 years
Going thru changes to the SAFE-T Act contained in HB 1095. Firstly, it widens the net for judicial detention but still keeps focus on not detaining non-violent individuals. Adds these listed forcible felonies as detainable regardless of probation eligibility:
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2 years
We're happy to be expanding our team with the well-connected, inimitable source of Capitol knowledge, @hannahmeisel !
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Capitol News Illinois
2 years
Longtime Statehouse reporter Hannah Meisel has joined the Capitol News Illinois team as a full-time state government and politics reporter.
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1 year
On 5-2 lines, with Republican justices dissenting, SAFE-T Act was upheld as constitutional. 43-page opinion is here. Court will lift its emergency stay in 60 days, Sept. 18, 2023.
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4 months
Me and the junior editor at work at the Capitol
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3 years
. @GovPritzker will give his state of the state and budget address at the Old State Capitol tomorrow. Other notable events that occurred there include: -Lincolnโ€™s House Divided speech -Obamaโ€™s presidential campaign announcement -My wedding
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1 year
What. A. Day. Found a $50 bill in the lawn on the way to work. Jo Noah walks into the photo op I almost didnโ€™t cover. Home in time to see the baby before bed. Best damn beat in the US, best damn employer on the beat. Life is good.
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2 years
Not a bad way to spend a Sunday morning, @RayLong
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5 years
I'm excited for the opportunity and look forward to continuing and advancing our work at the Statehouse.
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Capitol News Illinois
5 years
Capitol News Illinois today announces that Jerry Nowicki has been promoted to the position of bureau chief with the news service.
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I'm excited to announce I've joined Capitol News Illinois, the Press Foundation's Springfield bureau. We'll be providing nonpartisan Statehouse coverage to member newspapers throughout the state and we are set to launch at the end of the month.
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4 years
Governor: If it turns out Madigan allegations are true: "He's gonna have to resign."
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28 days
Come for the butter cow, stay to fill one of Illinoisโ€™ many vacant board and commission seats.
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2 years
Shoutout to guest editor Eleanor who today helped me thru deadline rush as I adjust to a post-session, recliner-based work situation.
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5 months
April 10, 2024: Lee Milner day in Illinois. Stop by the Statehouse pressroom in the basement of the Capitol to say hello to Lee!
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8 years
The Press was just named the best small weekly newspaper in Illinois by Illinois Press Association.
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2 years
From the high court: Chief Justice Anne M. Burke has announced her retirement.
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2 years
In House Exec, @repgregharris tells the committee he will read the 3,200 page appropriations document line by line in honor of his last budget presentation. He is retiring at the end of this General Assembly.
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2 years
Sen. Darren Baileyโ€™s HQ in Springfield awaiting polls closing.
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4 years
Big ComEd document dump here ahead of the holiday weekend:
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1 year
Holy cow, @JoakimNoah at Mayor-elect Johnson news conference. Took a lot to keep the journalist hat on and suppress that Bulls love
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1 month
Behold!
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1 month
The assembled press awaits the unveiling of the butter cow.
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4 years
Accidentally wrote yesterday was Monday in a story and distributed it and the outpouring of editors telling me they also don't know what day it is was heartwarming.
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3 years
RELEASE: Secretary of State Jesse White announced that Driver Services facilities, Secretary of State offices and the Illinois State Capitol Building will require all employees and customers to wear a mask beginning Monday, Aug. 2.
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Jerry Nowicki
3 years
Broad support in the House that allows college athletes to be paid for use of their likeness.
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1 year
Less than five years into the experiment that is Capitol News Illinois, I'm frankly awestruck by the team we've been able to build. This is big news. Jenn and Molly are going to make CNI better - and they're going to make me better.
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Capitol News Illinois
1 year
Veteran journalists Jennifer Fuller and Molly Parker will join Capitol News Illinoisโ€™ newsroom this month, expanding the outletโ€™s southern Illinois, broadcast and investigative presence.
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3 years
Good morning after from my backyard, where the roses are in full bloom. The Senate is in at 11.
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1 year
Madigan's former chief of staff - known for his "Nobody gets in to see the wizard. Not nobody. Not no how," plaque that demonstrated his protection of access to his former boss - is guilty of lying under oath to protect his former boss.
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Capitol News Illinois
1 year
Tim Mapes has been found guilty on both counts:
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Jerry Nowicki
2 years
A lot of good lies ahead for Capitol News!
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Illinois Press Foundation
2 years
This is big news for the Foundation and its Statehouse news service, @CapitolNewsIL !
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Jerry Nowicki
5 years
Big shoutout to @BlueRoomStream for the video service they provide. Got me out of a couple of jams this week and allowed me to be in two places at once thanks to their being at (nearly) everything. Invaluable Springfield resource.
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Jerry Nowicki
2 years
โ€œSenateโ€ chamber readies for veto session. Itโ€™s the Howlett auditorium repurposed as the Capitol Senate undergoes construction.
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Jerry Nowicki
2 months
Notable in the story: Cash on hand is not the same as a surplus, as it includes the "rainy day" fund balance and dollars that may have been appropriated but not yet spent. Still, it's a unique circumstance for Illinois.
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Capitol News Illinois
2 months
Illinois began a new fiscal year Monday with nearly $5 billion cash on hand. @nowickipress examines what that means:
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Jerry Nowicki
3 months
Oh. Oh good.
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Jerry Nowicki
5 years
Gov. Pritzker's office just announced the signing of 150-plus bills. Here's what that looks like in screenshots. Two weren't enough.
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Jerry Nowicki
2 years
Is there a gold at the end of the rainbow budget address pun to be had here?
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2 years
The governor has pulled up a chair for the assault weapons debate in the House.
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3 years
Letโ€™s make it 2-1.
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8 months
With bitter cold and heavy snow in Chicago and throughout northern IL, Gov. Pritzker to Texas gov. Greg Abbott: "the next few days are a threat to the families and children you are sending here. I am pleading with you to at least pause these transports in order to save lives."
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Jerry Nowicki
3 years
Hard to believe itโ€™s been 3 years at @CapitolNewsIL . As year 3 ends, itโ€™s time for a Twitter and state gov. vacation! Iโ€™ll be away from this website & CNI into January, so follow @CapitolNewsIL @PeterQHancock @BethCapNews &, beginning Jan. 1, @GKinnicutt . Happy holidays!
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2 months
The junior editor has demanded we turn of the news and watch Mickey.
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2 years
Leadership in the House GOP will be drastically different. Durkin hasn't resigned from GA, only as leader, but everyone else in yellow slated to not only exit leadership but the GA entirely. I'll note Mazzochi's race is w/in 200 votes, hasn't been called.
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8 years
Panther boys win 6-4
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4 years
PBS got the wrong Curran
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4 years
The service went above and beyond today and included hand delivery of a pub burger from Obed and Isaac's.
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BlueRoomStream
4 years
PSA: It is always a honor and a privilege for @BlueRoomStream to serve #Illinois . Thank you!
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2 years
Alternative tweet: A lot of good, factual storytelling will continue to happen in Capitol News' future!
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2 years
A lot of good lies ahead for Capitol News!
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7 months
The latest from @MollyParkerSI and @BethCapNews in their "Culture of Cruelty" series: Illinois is looking to exit the Ligas consent decree as more than 5,000 people remain on the wait list for community care.
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Capitol News Illinois
7 months
Illinois is asking to end 13 years of federal oversight of institutions for those with developmental disabilities, saying that while the system isnโ€™t perfect, it's โ€œmuch more than legally adequate.โ€ by @BethCapNews & @MollyParkerSI ๐Ÿ“ท: Taylor Glascock
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Jerry Nowicki
3 years
From the governor's office: IDPH will be notifying 3 most recent vaccine lottery winners of a $100,000 cash prize by phone or email starting this afternoon. The winners of the July 12 drawing are from: Quincy; Springfield; Chicago
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8 years
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1 year
Itโ€™s @brendenmoore13 โ€™s moment and he is soaking it up.
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heraldandreview
1 year
Take a look at Saturdayโ€™s Herald & Review Weekend Edition front page. To learn more about our digital subscriptions, go to . Unlock all our digital content and support local journalism. #SupportLocalJournalism
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6 years
Man, @chastain_matt putting on a show tonight!
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1 year
Headed out of town because the ILGA extension ainโ€™t ruining this vacation. Guess Iโ€™ll see whats in the budget.
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Jerry Nowicki
3 years
Five years ago today, the last edition of the LeRoy Farmer City Press weekly I ran for three years was printed. I never could have imagined that within five years Iโ€™d be covering the indictment of Mike Madigan. Wild.
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Jerry Nowicki
4 years
So far so good.
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4 years
I shattered my coffee pot today and this quarantine is as real as its ever been.
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Jerry Nowicki
2 years
Latest Irvin for Illinois filing shows Jennifer Pritzker, the governor's billionaire cousin who donated hundreds of thousands to groups opposing the graduated income tax amendment in 2020, has donated $4,150 to Richard Irvin's camp.
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Jerry Nowicki
3 months
Many snacks, a few blankets, many sleepy legislators.
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3 months
About an hour into debate. Here's a few scenes from the floor
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3 years
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9 years
61-47 Panthers win. Colleges not recruiting Matt Chastain should start doing so.
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8 years
Panthers win 3-2
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3 years
In which @PeterQHancock sneaks an interview to the chagrin of Tim Drea
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4 months
Begin the slow read of the mammoth budget bill. I'll share interesting things when I find them. First!
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Mike Miletich
4 months
As the clock strikes 5, we have a budget bill filed. 3,374 pages to read through. #twill
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8 years
40-12 final. Panthers moving on to round 2.
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3 years
Gov Pritzker getting his booster shot today before a trip overseas to London and Glasgow.
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2 years
Ahead of a move to the Stratton building, itโ€™s time to thaw the work fridge. Sorry, @AmandaVinicky , but I threw out your session salad.
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Jerry Nowicki
4 months
A child tax credit, at 20 percent of the earned income tax credit for 2024, then 40 percent in 2025, is included. Pritzker had proposed for children under 3. This is for children under 12.
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1 year
Getting grilled about condiments
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1 year
Itโ€™s officially State Fair time. The governor will cut the ribbon shortly.
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1 year
Proud of the work @GKinnicutt and her colleagues are doing in Davenport at the @qctimes . Terrible situation. Great on-the-ground reporting amid an information vacuum.
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Jerry Nowicki
4 years
This sucks.
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4 years
I'm trying to wrap my head around this. Almost impossible to image a Statehouse press corps without @DougFinkeSJR or @bschoenburg . @brushtoniltimes has the scoop:
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3 years
Motion to reconsider has been lifted on HB 3443, the criminal justice trailer, meaning it's officially passed both houses. Now, no more state government tweets for me this week as I catch up on life.
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9 years
LeRoy girls beat FCW 42-40 to head to championship game of County Tourney
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3 years
Is there a more typed sentence in Illinois state government news stories since the latter half of 2019 than "Madigan has not been charged and denies wrongdoing?"
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2 years
"The media" are correcting inaccuracies, and there are many of them in the initial story in which claims go well beyond the contents of one slide. Debunking 1: Debunking 2: School board presentation:
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Jesse Sullivan
2 years
The media is upset about the source. The story is still true. From the Tribune: "The only mention of race came a slide, skipped over at the meeting, that said the school would evaluate grading using โ€œevidence-backed research and the racial equity analysis tool.โ€ [1/4]
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8 years
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8 years
Big win for Knight Nation
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4 years
I remember fondly the short period in which reporters at these @GovPritzker news conferences were given microphones.
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2 years
Lots of talk about state revenues, ARPA and COVID-19 stimulus around Capitol as we enter final two weeks ahead of the governor's budget address. Here's a #twill #thread of some things I've learned in recent reporting.
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Jerry Nowicki
3 years
I greatly appreciated Ray's effort to grow and dig in on the beat over the past year. He made CNI better, was always learning, and had a general enthusiasm for life that livened the newsroom. He's going to do great things for Jacksonville and beyond!
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Raymon Troncoso
3 years
A bit of a late post, but I've concluded my fellowship with @Report4America at @CapitolNewsIL . I want to thank @NowickiPress , and Jeff Rogers from the bottom of my heart for taking a chance on a radio guy to do print coverage of equity in the statehouse.
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3 years
Senate is taking up the ever-popular reduction of the trailer fee to $36. No discussion. Passes 58-0
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Jerry Nowicki
7 months
Gov. Pritzker will give his budget address Wednesday at noon. Hereโ€™s our preview:
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Capitol News Illinois
7 months
Gov. JB Pritzker will give his annual State of the State and budget address Wednesday. Here are the storylines weโ€™ll be watching:
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9 years
Panthers going to state! 58-50
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1 year
Itโ€™s officially State Fair time. The governor will cut the ribbon shortly.
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1 year
Finally had some time to go through my photos from the Capitol construction tour. Here's a photo tour and story with pictures and information about construction progress.
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Capitol News Illinois
1 year
Statehouse reporters were given a behind-the-scenes tour of Capitol construction this week. Here is Capitol News Illinois' photo tour:
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Jerry Nowicki
3 months
Good work here by @drewjayadams . Do you qualify for the state's new child tax credit? Find out how it works and use our calculator here:
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Capitol News Illinois
3 months
The upcoming state budget includes a new tax credit for families with children under age 12. Use our interactive calculator to find out if you qualify:
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3 months
Veto session schedule
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Jerry Nowicki
8 years
Knights win 10-7 over Fieldcrest thanks to Cory Jayne grand slam. At 10-1, they finish atop HOIC with LeRoy.
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Jerry Nowicki
5 years
On the prestigious Capitol View set with the one and only Dave Dahl @WTAX and the illustrious @bschoenburg . This is the A team.
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Feels like I finally got a minute to rest and go back through photos from the wildness of Tuesday/Wednesday/whenever it was. Here's a few of my faves - Windhorst let's em have it. Hauter wonders how. Moylan, in his own words, just enjoying the show.
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Jerry Nowicki
2 years
@hannahmeisel @TinaSfon Hannah made me pose for this photo.
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Jerry Nowicki
8 years
Shout out to @ladyknightbbal who saw a school without a girls hoops team and lent a helping hand:
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Jerry Nowicki
4 years
Governor Pritzker, at a news conference in Chicago, said all cabinet members are identifying 5 percent cuts for all agencies should Congress fail to take action on an aid package to states.
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Jerry Nowicki
3 months
Scenes from the floor as Dems scramble to find 60 votes for a temporarily failed revenue package.
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Jerry Nowicki
2 years
Another compelling story from @GKinnicutt that she's been working on for some time. Closing out her @UISPAR and @CapitolNewsIL career strong!
@CapitolNewsIL
Capitol News Illinois
2 years
Retiring House Majority Leader Greg Harris reflects on his time in office. A profile from @GKinnicutt
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Jerry Nowicki
4 years
Pool reporting from the Senate gallery, where GA_Guest wifi is as strong as I've ever experienced it on a session day.
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Jerry Nowicki
4 years
Low test number seems odd and makes for one-day positivity rate of 6.5 percent. Trying to follow up with @IDPH to get more info as to why that number is so low
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Mike Miletich
4 years
09/01 Illinois #COVID19 Update: 1,492 new cases and 39 deaths. New Totals: 236,515 cases (many have recovered) and 8,064 Illinoisans have died. IDPH is reporting 22,961 tests were conducted over the last 24 hours. The 7-day rolling positivity rate is back to 4.3%. #twill
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Jerry Nowicki
3 years
Governor has a bill signing shortly at the Fairgrounds, after which Iโ€™m considering staying here for the rest of this gorgeous day
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1 year
A few scenes from House floor debate tonight, where lawmakers passed measures requiring colleges to stock Plan B, and two measures on crisis pregnancy centers and guns backed by @KwameRaoul
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Jerry Nowicki
8 years
Victory address.
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9 years
42-39 final. Chastain with 24.
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2 years
It maintains and even widens detainability for individuals accused of domestic violence:
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