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State Week: Remap Rejected

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,
Brian Mackey, Amanda Vinicky, Charles N. Wheeler III, Christopher Z. Mooney
Published August 26, 2016 at 5:13 PM CDT
State Week 23 logo (capitol dome)
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The Illinois Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to change the way Illinois' legislative districts are drawn.

Sean Crawford hosts with regular panelists Charlie Wheeler, Amanda Vinicky and Brian Mackey, and guest Chris Mooney of the Institute of Government & Public Affairs at the University of Illinois.
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Amanda Vinicky moved to Chicago Tonight on WTTW-TV PBS in 2017.
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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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