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Capitol Cast: Illinois — 338 episodes
Budget talks taking shape
SCOTUS ruling thwarts redistricting amendment
Chicago Bears megaprojects bill: False start or first down?
Legislative halftime
Vote-a-thon in the House; Pritzker talks to Sharpton
Property taxes take center stage
Committees clear the decks
Election roundup
Primary election preview
An interview with Gov. JB Pritzker
A push to keep the Bears
State of the State '26
Election '26 - James Mendrick
Election '26 - Rick Heidner
Election '26 - Darren Bailey
Election '26 - Ted Dabrowski
Election 26' - Margaret Croke
Election '26 - Karina Villa
Election '26 - Stephanie Kifowit
Election '26 - Holly Kim
Upward mobility - Part 2
2026 Session preview
2025 Year in review
UIC historian Kevin Schultz discusses his book, 'Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals)'
In search of a math solution
Gas bills and Midway Blitz
Shutdown ends; 'Midway Blitz' winds down
Federal turmoil challenges state policymakers
Fall veto session roundup
Will Illinois be pulled into the redistricting frenzy?
Veto session begins amid political turmoil
Fall veto session preview
Chicago vs Trump
Illinois leaders tell feds to stay out of Chicago
Bailey's back, Raoul bests Trump and the state seeks immigration answers
Democracy backsliding
GOP gov field takes shape
Standoff in Chicago
A new 'Fair Maps' campaign
Proud Boys, Harmon appeal, SLAPP suits & redistricting
Fair roundup
Texas redistricting battle lands in Illinois
DOJ seeks election data, plus other news of the week
Midterms off to an early start
Upward mobility in Illinois
Medicaid at 60
2026 arrives
Budget signed; constitutional challenge filed
Immigration roundup
Session recap
Sprint to the finish line
A new perspective on Mary Todd Lincoln
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visits Illinois
One-on-one with Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton
Sen. Durbin announces retirement
Down Ballot: Interview with author Patrick Wohl
Deadline week and student visas
Trade mission to Mexico
Waiting for another shoe to drop
Nationalizing local politics
The mass transit fiscal cliff
Budget uncertainty amid looming Medicaid cuts
State of the state, 2025
Madigan convicted
Illinois vs. Trump
Federal funds frozen; Madigan trial goes to the jury
Trump inauguration puts Illinois on edge
Remembering Illinois civil rights leader John J. Bird
Capitol News Roundup: Jan. 11, 2025
One session ends, another begins
What to expect in the lame duck session
Capitol News Roundup: Dec. 21, 2024
Storm Clouds Ahead in 2025
Capitol News Roundup: Dec. 14, 2024
Immigration, quantum computing and the state flag
Election Numbers; Madigan Trial
Capitol News Roundup: November 23, 2024
Two new realities in Springfield
State Report Card sparks efforts to boost math scores | Capitol Cast: November 8, 2024
Capitol News Roundup: November 9, 2024
Capitol News Roundup: November 2, 2024
Money pours in for 2024 election - where is it coming from? | Capitol Cast: Nov. 1, 2024
Capitol News Roundup: October 26, 2024
A look at the evolution of Illinois politics | Capitol Cast: October 25, 2024
Capitol News Roundup: October 19, 2024
An inside look at "The Last Republican" | Capitol Cast: October 18, 2024
Capitol News Roundup: October 12, 2024
Ballot Questions and Madigan on Trial | Capitol Cast October 11, 2024
Previewing the trial of Michael Madigan | Capitol Cast - October 4, 2024
Capitol News Roundup: September 28, 2024
Early Voting Opens in Illinois | Capitol Cast - September 27, 2024
Capitol News Roundup: September 6, 2024
State Revenue Check-in | Capitol Cast 9/6/2024
Capitol News Roundup: August 30, 2024
The 2024 State of Unions | Capitol Cast - August 30, 2024
Behind the Scenes at the DNC | Capitol Cast - 8/24/2024
Capitol News Roundup: August 17, 2024
Politics at the Illinois State Fair | Capitol Cast: August 16, 2024
Prepping for the '24 DNC | Capitol Cast: August 14, 2024
Capitol News Roundup: August 10, 2024
August heats up | Capitol Cast: August 9, 2024
Capitol News Roundup: August 3, 2024
Sonya Massey Latest | Capitol Cast: August 2, 2024
Political Tumult in 2024 | Capitol Cast - July 24, 2024
Behind the Scenes at the RNC
Capitol News Roundup: July 13, 2024
Richard Porter on the RNC | Capitol Cast: July 12, 2024
CTBA's 2025 Budget Analysis | Capitol Cast: July 12, 2024
Capitol News Roundup - June 29, 2024
Illinois Lawmakers: Gov. JB Pritzker Interview
Capitol News Roundup: June 22, 2024
IL GOP Shakeup | Capitol Cast - June 21, 2024
Capitol News Roundup - June 15, 2024
IL Chamber CEO Lou Sandoval discusses FY 2025 budget
Capitol News Roundup: June 8, 2024
Capitol Cast: Cicadas emerge across Illinois, and you can help study them
Capitol News Roundup: May 31, 2024
Illinois Lawmakers: Leaders reflect on budget, session
Illinois Lawmakers: Wrapping up the work as the clock ticks down
Capitol News Roundup: May 18, 2024
Illinois Lawmakers: Issues on the table with days remaining
Capitol News Roundup: May 11, 2024
Capitol Cast: Illinois Lawmakers Launch
Capitol News Roundup: May 4, 2024
Capitol Cast: Teacher Shortages
Capitol News Roundup: April 27, 2024
Capitol Cast: SkillsUSA
Capitol News Roundup: April 20, 2024
Pritzker’s proposals begin to move
Capitol News Roundup: April 13, 2024
A busy week at the Statehouse
Capitol News Roundup: April 6, 2024
Capitol Cast: Illinois in the spotlight for Eclipse 2024
Capitol News Roundup: March 30, 2024
Capitol Cast: IARSS Executive Director Gary Tipsord discusses the 2024 Teacher Shortage Survey
Capitol News Roundup: March 23, 2024
Capitol Cast: Former governors recap 2024 Illinois primary
Capitol Cast: Jesse Reyes, Joy Cunningham vie for 1st District Supreme Court seat
Capitol News Roundup - March 9, 2024
Capitol Cast: Illinois lawmakers near the halfway mark in their 2024 session
Capitol News Roundup: March 2, 2024
Capitol Cast: Prairie Band Potawatomi seek to reclaim land
Capitol News Roundup: February 24, 2024
Capitol Cast: FY 2025 budget proposal
Capitol News Roundup: February 17, 2024
Capitol Cast: Sam McCann trial ends as strangely as it began
Former Illinois Congressman joins amicus brief in Colorado case before U.S. Supreme Court
Capitol News Roundup: February 3, 2024
Capitol Cast: A half-century after Roe, how will abortion rights play into 2024 elections?
Capitol News Roundup: January 20, 2024
Capitol Cast: State leaders consider additional steps to address migrant crisis
Capitol News Roundup: January 13, 2024
Capitol Cast: Previewing the 2024 legislative session
Capitol News Roundup - January 6, 2024
Capitol Cast: SIU's president sheds light on Illinois' NCAA anti-trust suit
Capitol Cast: New study shows widening racial and economic gaps in dual credit programs
Capitol News Roundup - December 16, 2023
Capitol News Roundup - December 9, 2023
Capitol Cast: Halfway through FY '24, CNI's Jerry Nowicki breaks down estimates and predictions
Capitol News Roundup - December 2, 2023
Capitol Cast: Filing Day for 2024 primary brings frigid temps and election themes to Springfield
Capitol News Roundup - November, 18, 2023
Influential Illinoisans: Dan Lipinski
Capitol News Roundup - November 11, 2023
The Capitol News Illinois team recaps the veto session
Capitol News Roundup - November 4, 2023
The Illinois school report card is released - CNI analyzes the findings
Capitol News Roundup - October 28, 2023
Capitol News Illinois team recaps Week 1 of the 2023 fall veto session
Capitol News Roundup - October 21, 2023
Capitol News Illinois team analyzes potential issues ahead of 2023 veto session
Weekly Roundup - Oct. 13, 2023
Advance Illinois' Robin Steans discusses report on state's education workforce
Capitol News Roundup - October 7, 2023
Influential Illinoisans: Cheri Bustos
Capitol News Roundup - September 30, 2023
Election authorities discuss security, six months before Primary 2024
CNI Roundup - September 23 2023
Elimination of cash bail system in Illinois means new options, technology
New state agency prepares for cash bail's end
From Tip to Top - A look at Primary 2024 in Illinois
Capitol Cast Special: Influential Illinoisans - Glenn Poshard Part 2
Capitol Cast Special: Influential Illinoisans - Glenn Poshard Part 1
Political Days at the Fair
Author Kate Moore talks about Elizabeth Packard's life and legacy
CNI EXPANSION
End of Session Review
Disaster Declaration Ends
THREE WEEKS TO GO
LAWMAKERS RETURN
New State School Superintendent
March 17 Week in Review
Changes at Choate
State of the State
Budget Address Preview
The CNI Team Expands
History on the High Court
New Republican Leadership
Contextualizing Cash Bail's End
Judicial Elections
Supreme Court 2nd District: An interview with Elizabeth Rochford
Supreme Court 2nd District: An interview with Mark Curran
Attorney General's Race: Raoul, DeVore face off
Supreme Court 3rd District: An Interview with Mary Kay O'Brien
Supreme Court 3rd District: An Interview with Michael J. Burke
Discussion of Amendment 1
Secretary of State's Race: An interview with Dan Brady
Secretary of State's Race: An interview with Alexi Giannoulias
Comptroller's Race: An interview with Susana Mendoza
Comptroller's Race: An interview with Shannon Teresi
Governor Forum: Pritzker, Bailey meet media editors
Treasurer's Race: An interview with Republican Rep. Tom Demmer
Treasurer's Race: An interview with Michael Frerichs
Election Season Begins
The Race for Governor
Interview with Alexi Giannoulias
Interview with Anna Valencia
Interview with David Moore
Illinois' Shifting Electoral Map
The GOP Debate
Census Review
Abortion Reaction
Politics of the Unemployment Trust Fund
What to Expect When Madigan Goes to Trial
The Madigan Enterprise
Masks Down
Session Midpoint
The governor makes his pitch
Illinois' Teacher Shortage
The State of Democraccy
News of the Week, Holiday Edition
Redistricting Controversies
Climate, Supreme Court and Redistricting
Fall Veto Session
Veto Session: Abortion, Guns and Redistricting
Vaccine Mandates
BIDEN'S ILLINOIS PUSH
Powering Forward
Special Session Roundup
Covid Mandates and Redistricting
State Fair and the 2022 Elections
The Politics of Social Studies Education
Pritzker on the Record
Week in Review - July 16
Credit Upgrade, Economy and College Sports
Capitol Cast: Session in Review
Juneteenth in Illinois
Phase 5 Reopening
Pritzker Reflects on 2021 Session
Illinois' Mental Health Care 'Crisis'
Reopening, Education & Redistricting
April 30 Week in Review
An Independent Redistricting Commission?
What Does the Illinois Treasurer Do?
March 26 Week in Review
CapitolCast: Interview with the Governor
The Pandemic, One Year In
March 5, 2021 Week in Review
Illinois' Teacher Shortage
Pandemic Budget and Madigan Resignation
Interview: House GOP Leader Jim Durkin
Interview with Agriculture Director Jerry Costello
Interview: House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch
The Lame Duck Session
December 11 Week in Review
Pandemic Surge - Veto Session - Elections
Election Countdown amid Pandemic
Early Voting Breaking Records
COVID Cases Spike as Election Nears
George Ryan Writes about Death Penalty Decisions
Next Steps in Madigan Investigation
Madigan Probe and Marijuana Licenses
Madigan Probe
Week in Review - Aug. 28, 2020
Clean Energy Roadmap
Health Disparities in COVID-19
Week in Review - July 31
Perspectives on Progress: Rep. Thaddeus Jones
Perspectives on Progress: Rep. Tom Demmer
Perspectives on Progress: Rep. Will Davis
Perspectives on Progress: Rep. Lamont Robinson Jr.
Perspectives on Progress: Sen. Jacqueline Collins
Perspectives on Progress: Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
Perspectives on Progress: Rep. LaToya Greenwood
Perspectives on Progress: Sen. Robert Peters
Perspectives on Progress: Sen. Kimberly Lightford
Perspectives on Progress: Rep. Maurice West
Perspectives on Progress: Rep. Marcus Evans
Perspectives on Progress: Rep. Curtis Tarver
Perspectives on Progress: Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
Perspectives on Progress: Rep. La Shawn Ford
Illinois Starts to Reopen
Statehouse Coverage in a Pandemic
The Fiscal Hit from COVID-19
Economic Fallout from COVID-19
State Budgeting in a Pandemic
Economic Impact of the Coronavirus
Elections Amid Coronavirus
Coronavirus Puts General Assembly on Pause
Where's the Property Tax Reform?
Coronavirus Response and a Statehouse News Wrapup
Blagojevic Freed amid New Corruption Study
Budget Address Preview
Primaries, Voter Registrations and Ethics
2020 Session Opens Under Ethics Cloud
2020 Session Preview
Gov. Pritzker's First Year
2019 Year in Review
llinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Anne Burke
Veto Session Roundup
Previewing Week 2 of Veto Session
Justice Lloyd Karmeier Reflects on His Career
Veto Session Week 1 Recap
Veto Session Preview
Election Security 2020
Sandoval Probe, death penalty and insulin costs
Sandoval, Sterigenics and Paid College Athletes
Illinois Supreme Court Circuit Riding
Kids in Medicaid - Former lawmakers sue - Raoul fights opioids & tech
Final Flurry of Bill Signings and Look-Ahead to Veto Session
Madigan Report, Bill Signings and a Rare Veto
Democrats, Republicans and the Illinois State Fair
State Government and the Economy
State Fair Preview
Title X, Immigrant Children and Sterigenics
The Corwin Amendment
Pritzker signs marijuana and capital bills
A Very Wet Spring
Illinois' Sharp Turn to the Left
Final week - Everything still on the table
Pot, Sports Betting and Abortion
The Social Justice and Equity Agenda
Taxes on the table
Here comes the final stretch
Spring break - Week 1
Deadline week
Lightfoot takes Chicago
Pritzker and Durkin