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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Civil immigration arrests in or near courthouses violate state, county laws -
Cook County state’s attorney calls demand ‘baseless,’ claims effort would backfire -
Prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket rake in millions from wagers on sports and current events but pay nothing in state betting taxes and ignore regulations that govern online sportsbooks. -
Fidel Marquez secretly recorded meetings for feds, testified in 2 trials -
Judge grants voluntary dismissal of separate case over immigration agents’ use of force -
Citing Wednesday’s fatal shooting in Minneapolis by an ICE agent, judge punts decision -
On this episode, we look back on the stories that made news over the past year in state government and politics. -
The 6-3 ruling keeps troops out of Chicago while underlying case moves forward. -
January retrial canceled in deal that would see charges dropped in a year -
Judge rebuffs suggestion that ending lawsuit over immigration agents’ use of force would preclude new claims
