Mawa Iqbal
Statehouse ReporterMawa is a statehouse reporter, covering the Illinois legislature for WBEZ and Illinois Public Radio. Before coming to Springfield, Mawa worked as a general assignment reporter at WYSO, the NPR-affiliate station for Southwest Ohio. There, she covered policing and local government. Mawa earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.
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In a police brutality case that drew national attention, Sean Grayson fatally shot the Black Springfield area woman in her home in 2024 after she had called 911 to investigate a possible prowler. His second-degree murder conviction carried a maximum sentence of 20 years. -
IDPH will now be able to form guidelines using a combination of the CDC’s guidance, recommendations from the World Health Organization and other medical and scientific disease prevention experts — and require that immunizations recommended by the state be covered by state-regulated insurance plans. -
When Gov. JB Pritzker and First Lady MK Pritzker visited the pope in Rome on Nov. 19, they gave the pontiff a gift: a hand-drawn self-portrait by Yesenia Diaz, who’s incarcerated downstate. -
In Democratic-led Springfield, a willingness to build coalitions and reach across the political aisle are the marks of a productive lawmaker, a new report finds. -
Lawmakers stayed busy until the end of the fall session, passing several key pieces of legislation.
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Jurors deliberated Tuesday afternoon on first-degree murder charges against Sean Grayson but didn’t reach a verdict after closing arguments offered competing views of why he killed Massey. They will resume work this morning. -
The case could go to the jury this week. -
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The scientist addresses the survival chances of Sonya Massey if someone had been able to stop the bleeding in time.
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An online database compiled by a group affiliated with slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk identifies close to 50 Illinois college instructors it labels “radical professors.”
