Jerry Nowicki
Bureau Chief for Capitol News IllinoisJerry Nowicki is bureau chief of Capitol News Illinois and has been with the organization since its inception in 2019.
Before joining CNI, Nowicki spent two years on Illinois Senate staff as a legislative aide to state Sen. Steve Landek. Prior to that, he was editor of the LeRoy Farmer City Press, which won the 2015 David B. Kramer Memorial Trophy for Illinois’ best small weekly newspaper.
Complementing his Statehouse and reporting experience, Nowicki has lived in a variety of Illinois communities. He grew up in Evergreen Park, a southwest suburb of Chicago, and has lived for a time in each of New Lenox, Bloomington, Champaign, and LeRoy. He currently resides in Springfield.
He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Illinois State University and obtained his master’s degree in communication from Purdue University in May 2019.
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Republican State Senator Darren Bailey has moved ahead in recent polling in his effort to gain his party's gubernatorial nomination -
A pair of bills on Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk would expand a state roadway camera monitoring program to 21 additional counties while also expanding the number of crimes the cameras can be used to investigate and the number of parties that can prosecute them. -
Consumer habits, federal unemployment increases helped drive tax revenues upward -
A judge's decision created confusion around COVID-19 mitigations in schools. Meanwhile, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced he will lift the state's indoor mask mandate at the end of the month in most locations, except schools, health care settings and congregate care facilities. All of this happening as COVID numbers continue to fall.
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A judge's decision created confusion around COVID-19 mitigations in schools. Meanwhile, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced he will lift the state's indoor mask mandate at the end of the month in most locations, except schools, health care settings and congregate care facilities. All of this happening as COVID numbers continue to fall.
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Regardless of what happens with hospitalizations, masks will continue to be mandated at schools, on school busses and other public transportation, at nursing homes and congregate living facilities, and at day cares beyond March 1. -
Measure aims to promote Illinois as ‘Silicon Valley of electric vehicles’ -
Touts recently-passed decarbonization bill, electric vehicle incentives -
CDC made recommendation Tuesday night
