State Week has been produced by NPR Illinois since January 1975, created by original WSSR News Director Rich Bradley when the station went on the air. It is the longest running public affairs program on NPR Illinois and was patterned after the popular PBS show Washington Week in Review.
Sean Crawford, the NPR Illinois News Director and former Statehouse Bureau Chief, moderates the program. He is joined by a regular panel consisting of Charlie Wheeler, retired director of the Public Affairs Reporting Program at UIS, and reporters from throughout Illinois. The program provides analysis and commentary on the top news stories of the week in Illinois state government and politics.
State Week is made available to all public radio stations in Illinois and is also available as a podcast.
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Tim Mapes was found guilty last year of lying to a grand jury investigating Michael Madigan and others.
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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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While Illinois election officials decided against an effort to remove the former president based on the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment, he faces other legal challenges.
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson continue to spar over efforts to find housing for migrants who have arrived in Illinois.
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Illinois lawmakers will have a light session schedule until the March primary election is over. They are scheduled to wrap up work in May.
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Temperatures are forecast to dip below zero through early in the week.
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We recap the first week of 2024, including how many assault weapon owners in Illinois registered the weapons under a new law.
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It was a tumultuous year in Illinois government and politics. The state also repeatedly made national headlines.
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Former longtime Chicago Alderman Ed Burke was convicted this week on charges that included racketeering and attempted extortion. It's the latest in a string of convictions in Illinois' long history with public corruption.
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Illinois' attorney general this week agreed to drop enforcement of a new law that targeted what are often called crisis pregnancy centers.