Episodes

  • State Week: Illinois goes its own way on vaccines

    State Week: Illinois goes its own way on vaccines
    Dec 5 2025
    IDPH will now be able to form guidelines using a combination of the CDC’s guidance, recommendations from the World Health Organization and other medical and scientific disease prevention experts — and require that immunizations recommended by the state be covered by state-regulated insurance plans.
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    29 mins
  • State Week: When ICE comes downstate

    State Week: When ICE comes downstate
    Nov 26 2025
    The focus of immigration enforcement this year has been in the Chicago area. But ICE has also been active downstate, in many smaller communities.
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    29 mins
  • State Week: Operation Midway Blitz appears to be winding down, for now

    State Week: Operation Midway Blitz appears to be winding down, for now
    Nov 21 2025
    The immigration enforcement campaign in the Chicago area has gotten quieter, but not silent.
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    29 mins
  • State Week: Durbin's vote rankles many Democrats

    State Week: Durbin's vote rankles many Democrats
    Nov 14 2025
    The retiring senator was among a handful of Democratic lawmakers to help Republicans reopen the federal government after the longest-ever shutdown.
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    29 mins
  • State Week: Left on the table

    State Week: Left on the table
    Nov 7 2025
    State lawmakers passed some key legislation during their fall session, but several other measures failed to get through or were never called for a vote.
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    29 mins
  • State Week: A flurry of legislation

    State Week: A flurry of legislation
    Oct 31 2025
    Lawmakers stayed busy until the end of the fall session, passing several key pieces of legislation.
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    29 mins
  • State Week: What's left on the fall session agenda?

    State Week: What's left on the fall session agenda?
    Oct 24 2025
    Illinois lawmakers have one week of session left this year. We discuss what might get done.
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    29 mins
  • State Week: Madigan goes to prison

    State Week: Madigan goes to prison
    Oct 15 2025
    Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan reported to a federal facility in Morgantown, West Virginia this week.
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    29 mins