Molly Parker
Investigative ReporterVeteran journalist Molly Parker joined Capitol News Illinois in July 2023 as an investigative reporter.
Parker was a member of the Lee Enterprises Midwest Public Service Journalism team. Prior to that, she was a reporter at the Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale since 2014. In that role, Parker exposed a housing crisis in Cairo, the state’s southernmost city, that resulted in a federal takeover of the county’s housing authority and the relocation of about 400 people from two dilapidated, WWII-era apartment complexes.
Parker is also an assistant professor of journalism at Southern Illinois University and a distinguished fellow with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network, which creates partnerships between nonprofit and local newsrooms.
Parker lives and works in Murphysboro. She is a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
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Questions raised about whether district acted quickly enough in light of a 2009 suspension, more recent tips of misconduct -
The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office and Illinois State Board of Education sent requests for personnel records of the employee -
Sheriff says the case sat dormant for 15 months due to lack of evidence, on-the-record statements -
Nonprofits hurt by impasse boosted budgets with federal funding — now endangered by Trump -
‘Hate Divides, love Unites’ will be message on southern Illinois sign -
The sign came down a day after the Clinton County Board passed a non-binding resolution -
From funding freezes to visa terminations, higher education is a focus of the Trump Administration. -
Illinois hosts one of the largest international student populations in the nation, ranking fifth -
The administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present an existential threat to regional public universities like Southern Illinois University, the economic backbone of the conservative rural region it serves. -
Investigation includes Choate and other state-operated developmental living centers
