Mike Smith
2020 Public Affairs Reporting InternMike Smith is a graduate Public Affairs Reporting intern for the spring 2020 legislative session.
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An Illinois high school sports coach has mixed feelings about the state’s new guidelines on high school athletics.Sonthana Thongsithavong, the tennis… -
Springfield Black Lives Matter Protests Continue, Demonstrators React To New Charges In Floyd’s CaseBlack Lives Matter protests in Springfield continued Wednesday. Young activists said they aren't giving up on voicing their concerns anytime soon. Korde… -
While residents of Springfield wait for Gov. J.B. Pritzker to end his stay-at-home order, two members of the community have gathered their bagpipes to… -
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a health organization in East St. Louis will lend its help to the state's COVID-19 contact tracing initiative.… -
Workers who caught COVID-19 on the job will be eligible for workers compensation benefits.Business and Labor both backed House Bill 2455 to help frontline… -
A health advocacy group said a type of water-borne disease may be spreading at Illinois’ unoccupied workplaces.Legionnaires’ Disease, which took 43 lives… -
The non-profit Kidzeum of Health and Science in Springfield is using Paycheck Protection Program funds to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic.The… -
A senior Pritzker administration staffer tested positive for COVID-19, and all employees in the Governor’s office are now working from home as a… -
A number of legislators have criticized Governor J-B Pritzker’s plan to reopen the state’s economy in five phases.Reporter Mike Smith talked to one such… -
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said state government has been extending help to communities of color that have been disproportionately impacted by the…
