Derek Cantù
Public Affairs Reporting Graduate InternDerek Cantù is NPR Illinois' graduate student Public Affairs Reporting intern for the spring 2021 legislative session.
Derek earned a B.S. in History and Secondary Education from Bradley University and an M.S. in Curriculum & Instruction from Kansas State University.
Derek has previous experience
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Illinois Lawmakers Debate Meaning Of ‘Fiscal Responsibility’ As Budget Deadline LoomsAs lawmakers’ end-of-session budget-making process wraps up, Republican lawmakers assert the state has enough money on hand to achieve a balanced budget… -
Democratic state lawmakers want to adopt state sex education standards that are aligned with a national model. But Republicans say the national standards… -
Organized Labor Notches Win As Unionization 'Fundamental Right' Amendment Goes To Voters In '22Illinois voters next fall will weigh in on whether the state’s constitution should be amended to include a provision that will establish a fundamental… -
Gov. JB Pritzker is pushing to scale back a state income tax refund for private school scholarship donors from 75 cents on the dollar to 40 cents .The… -
Democrats in the Illinois House this week approved a measure requiring public schools to supply menstruation products in both girls’ and boys’ bathrooms… -
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously shot down a legal challenge to bonds issued by the state in 2003 and 2017, which sought to halt… -
Illinois’ Department of Employment Security has received more than 1.3 million fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits since the start of the COVID-19… -
An informal suggestion by Illinois’ longest-serving Black lawmaker would have former President Barack Obama immortalized in a statue possibly supplanting… -
The Illinois Supreme Court is considering whether Gov. JB Pritzker is legally obligated to recommend more state spending on K-12 education.But lawyers for… -
Fully Vaccinated Illinoisans Can Ditch Their Masks In Most Circumstances: PritzkerIllinoisans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear face masks in most circumstances, Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday.Pritzker’s…
