© 2026 NPR Illinois
For your right to be curious.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
NPR Illinois is seeking a full-time multimedia journalist to co-host/produce/edit/report for a new daily, regional radio news hour with Sean Crawford. Click to apply.

State Week: Tariffs and politics

State Week 23 logo (capitol dome)
Brian Mackey
/
NPR Illinois

The latest tariff deadline is fast approaching. President Trump has backed of extended dates previously. We discuss the impact the waiting game is having on Illinois businesses and government.

Comptroller Susana Mendoza has announced she won't seek reelection. Mendoza is possibly considering a run for Chicago mayor. We talk about the political jockeying in the state that's already underway.

Host Sean Crawford is joined by Professor Emeritus Charlie Wheeler and Crain's Chicago Business columnist Greg Hinz.

Greg Hinz is a politics and columnist for Crain's Chicago Business.
The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
Related Stories