State Week: Budget Sparring Continues

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Brian Mackey,

Bill Wheelhouse, Charles N. Wheeler III, Lisa Ryan

Published June 5, 2015 at 1:44 PM CDT

Brian Mackey

NPR Illinois

This week, Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic lawmakers continued to spar over the state budget and the governor's legislative agenda. Rauner dismissed the legislature's proposed changes for workers' compensation as "phony reform" and Democrats criticized the governor paying his top education aide, Beth Purvis, a $250,000 salary from Department of Human Services funds. John O'Connor of the Associated Press joins the panel discussion.

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Brian Mackey

Brian Mackey hosts The 21st Show and formerly reported on state government.

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Bill Wheelhouse

Bill is a former general manager, economy reporter, Harvest correspondent and Statehouse Bureau Chief for NPR Illinois. He has won several awards including the Associated Press Best Investigative Reporter.

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Charles N. Wheeler III

The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Lisa Ryan

Lisa Ryan is a graduate student in the public affairs reporting program at the University of Illinois at Springfield. She previously worked at Indiana Public Radio and the college radio station founded by David Letterman. She is a 2014 broadcast journalism and political science graduate of Ball State University.

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