Hannah Meisel
ReporterHannah covers state government and politics for Capitol News Illinois. She's been dedicated to the statehouse beat since interning at NPR Illinois in 2014, with subsequent stops at WILL-AM/FM, Law360, Capitol Fax and The Daily Line before returning to NPR Illinois in 2020 and moving on to CNI in 2023.
Hannah holds a journalism degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was a reporter and managing editor at The Daily Illini. After college, she interned at NPR in Washington, D.C. and then moved to Springfield to pursue a master’s degree in public affairs reporting at UIS.
In 2020, the Washington Post named Hannah one of the best political reporters in Illinois and in 2021, she won the Illinois News Broadcasters Association's Crystal Mic award for best small market radio reporter in the state. Hannah is a former host of WSEC-TV's weekly political roundtable program CapitolView and makes regular appearances on TV and radio stations across the state, including NPR Illinois’ analysis program State Week in Review.
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7th Circuit judges hear oral arguments after lower court judge threw case out
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In opinion quoting Dr. Seuss, judge tells ex-governor case ‘never should have been filed’
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The Lake County Democrat wore wire in helping convict a former state rep. of bribery.
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The governor’s spending plan advances progressive-backed policies in a tight fiscal landscape.
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Former state senator, third-party governor candidate to be sentenced in June after guilty plea.
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Prosecutors played hours of McCann’s FBI testimony in court prior to his plea
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Judge tells Mapes his ‘loyalty was greatly misguided’ in lying to grand jury investigating former speaker
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Judge declares Sam McCann out of ‘excuses’ for violating probation orders after discharge.
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On the heels of Chicago approving a phase out of the lower wage, advocates want to end it statewide.
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Business groups have long sought changes to the statute that’s led to hundreds of lawsuits.