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State Week: A New General Assembly Faces The Same Old Problems

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,
Brian Mackey, Charles N. Wheeler III
Published January 13, 2017 at 1:25 PM CST
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Brian Mackey
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NPR Illinois

This week saw the inauguration of a new session at the Statehouse - the 100th General Assembly.  Will this new term be able to solve Illinois' long-standing budget crisis?  Chris Mooney, Director of the University of Illinois' Institute of Government and Public Affairs, and Lee Enterprises' Dan Petrella join the panel.
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Brian Mackey hosts The 21st Show and formerly reported on state government.
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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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