Kent Redfield

Community Advisory Board

Kent Redfield

WUIS - Illinois Issues

Springfield

University of Illinois Springfield
Professor Emeritus of Political Studies

NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2020 - First Term
July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2023 - Second Term

Illinois Issues Advisory Board
pre-July 1, 2017

Dr. Redfield is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Illinois - Springfield, where focused his research, teaching, and public service on campaign finance issues and Illinois politics. He served as the program coordinator for the Illinois Legislative Staff intern program for 20 years. Before joining UIS he worked as legislative analyst for the Illinois Legislature.

Ways to Connect

State Week: Trump Visits Illinois, Rauner At Wilson's Cash Handout, Pritzker's Rose Garden Campaign

By Sean Crawford, Brian Mackey & Kent Redfield • Jul 27, 2018

Brian Mackey / NPR Illinois

President Trump makes his first presidential visit to Illinois, delivering a speech at U.S. Steel's Granite City Works, near St. Louis.

State Week: SCOTUS Nominee, Dan Ryan Protest, Misleading Ads

By Daisy Contreras, Brian Mackey & Kent Redfield • Jul 13, 2018

Brian Mackey / NPR Illinois

Illinois politicians react to President Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Gov. Bruce Rauner and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel get into a Twitter fight over the anti-violence protest that brought the inbound Dan Ryan to a halt.

And J.B. Pritzker's campaign runs an ad with claims widely described as false.

The NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board (CAB) met in Chicago and connected by videoconference to Springfield. The primary purposes of the meeting were to welcome new advisory board members who begin their new terms on July 1, 2018 and to provide input about whether NPR Illinois’ programming and policies meet the specialized educational and cultural needs of the community it serves.

NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board Meeting
March 2, 2018

11:30 AM Call to order
Welcome - Randy Eccles, GM/Publisher

NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board Meeting
December 1, 2017

11:30 AM Call to order
Welcome - Bethany Jaeger, chair

Community Advisory Board Minutes - September 2017

By Z-Kathleen Dunn, Kent Redfield, Bethany Jaeger, Randy Eccles, z-David Racine, z-Eric Hadley-Ives, z-Jon S. Davis, Adam Porter, Megan Pressnall, Richard Schuldt, z-Graham Grady, z-Robert J. Christie, David Kohn, z-Alden Loury, Robert Gallo & Z-Blake Roderick • Sep 1, 2017

NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board Meeting
September 1, 2017

Attendees:

NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board Advice and Recommendations

By Charles W. Scholz, Cynthia Canary, z-Brian Brady, Deanie Brown, John Carpenter, z-Robert J. Christie, Z-Kathleen Dunn, z-Jim Edgar, Robert Gallo, z-Sharon Gist Gilliam, z-Graham Grady, z-Eric Hadley-Ives, Bethany Jaeger, David Kohn, z-Linda McCaffrey, z-Brad McMillan, Laurence J. Msall, Adam Porter, Megan Pressnall, Kent Redfield, Z-Blake Roderick, Richard Schuldt, z-Mikal Sutton, George Van Dusen, Karen Witter, Corinne Wood, Sean Crawford, Randy Eccles & z-David Racine & Alden Loury & Timothy L. Killeen & Susan J. Koch • Mar 13, 2017

TO: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

FROM: NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board

RE: Advice and Recommendations CPB Grant Report

NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board Meeting
March 3, 2017

Attendees:

State Week: Spending Is Not Budgeting

By Sean Crawford, Amanda Vinicky, Brian Mackey & Kent Redfield • Sep 30, 2016

Brian Mackey / NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS

A federal judge has put limits on election-day voter registration in the most populous parts of Illinois. The governor's office has a rosier view of the Illinois deficit then legislative analysts. And Donald Trump once again shines a light on violence and policing in Chicago.

State Week: Trump, TV, And Voting Rights

By Brian Mackey, Amanda Vinicky & Kent Redfield • Aug 5, 2016

Brian Mackey / NPR Illinois

Donald Trump continues causing headaches for down-ballot Republicans. Meanwhile, state legislators are already airing TV ads, and a conservative group sues to block same-day voter registration.

State Week: Dems Look To 2018

By Brian Mackey, Amanda Vinicky & Kent Redfield • Jul 29, 2016

DNC roll call — screen capture / DNC via YouTube

The eyes of the nation were on Philadelphia this week as Hilary Clinton claimed the Democratic nomination for president. But among members of the Illinois delegation, a lot of eyes were looking back home, to the 2018 campaign for governor.