Randy Eccles
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Springfield
Please reach out at randy.eccles@nprillinois.org.
Randy Eccles became NPR Illinois general manager in 2013 after serving as development director since moving to Springfield in 2008. In 2014, Randy led the team that added Illinois Issues into the NPR Illinois portfolio and transitioned its reporting into audio/digital distribution.
Randy previously worked at KTAR in Phoenix and WGN in Chicago in programming and marketing management after producing talk shows and sports coverage. He also served in management and news stints at student-run stations WHFH, WONC, and WUEV. Born in Hinsdale, he was raised by teachers in south suburban Glenwood and spent a lot of time at the family farm in Industry, Illinois (south of Macomb).
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Our Cause Is Just is produced by local Lincoln College students in collaboration with the Lincoln Heritage Museum and animates a rare collection of family letters. -
Learn about Springfield's improv troupe, Capital City Improv and their post-pandemic plans.
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UIS professor and member of the Illinois Institute for Public Finance, Beverly Bunch, discusses the need for budgeting and how things are going post-pandemic.
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How we prepare the people who help children is the focus of the conversation with the the UIS Child Protection Training Academy (CPTA). director Betsey Goulet.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions gradually lift, returning to work is not as simple as it seems for some people, due to childcare issues, lingering fear of infection, re-start challenges for businesses, government subsidies, and other reasons. How are these issues are affecting our state and local workforce, why are women more affected, and what can expect this summer? There is also be a general COVID-19 update.
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The University of Illinois Springfield has developed over a $7 million deficit during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is requiring budget adjustments which include eliminating cash support for NPR Illinois over the next five years.
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A discussion of where state and local government budgets are at this point in the pandemic with Dr. Kenneth A. Kriz of the Institute for Illinois Public Finance.Email Ken Kriz.
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NPR Illinois’ total operating budget is nearly $2 million annually. Of that, UIS provides more than $400,000 to fund some staff salaries and benefits. Interim UIS Chancellor Karen Whitney has let us know that cannot continue.
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This urban tree program was inspired by Lab Girl, a science memoir in which author Hope Jahren describes her passion for trees and her experiences in…
