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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In same call, co-defendant justified the contracts as necessary ‘because Mike Madigan came to us’ -
Defense attorneys try to undercut Fidel Marquez’s credibility after gun purchase attempt -
McClain to Madigan’s son: ‘That’s what happens when you’re in this game’ -
Defense attorneys seek to undermine evidence that speaker knew of arrangement -
Jury hears another wiretap of Mike McClain referring to Madigan as ‘real client’ -
Prosecutors paint picture of Mike McClain’s extreme loyalty to ex-Illinois House speaker -
First portion of Madigan corruption trial a repeat of 2023’s ‘ComEd Four’ case -
Lengthy jury selection portends arduous trial for ousted Democratic powerbroker -
State reached record-high tax revenue of over $2 billion last year -
State supreme court rules unanimously in case stemming from 2020 traffic stop
