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State Week: Remap Fights For Life, Budget Lawsuit Dismissed, Chicago's Record Violence

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Brian Mackey
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NPR Illinois

  Advocates for changing how Illinois’ legislative districts are drawn are not done yet, there’s continuing fallout from the ongoing unnatural disaster known as the Illinois budget, and Chicago violence hits a grim milestone.

Brian Mackey hosts with regular panelists Charlie Wheeler and Jamey Dunn of Illinois Issues and guest Tony Arnold of WBEZ public radio in Chicago.

Brian Mackey formerly reported on state government and politics for NPR Illinois and a dozen other public radio stations across the state. Before that, he was A&E editor at The State Journal-Register and Statehouse bureau chief for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
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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