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State Week: Senate Deal Stumbles And A Kennedy Enters The Fray

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Brian Mackey
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NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS

The Illinois Senate's "grand bargain" stumbles, Gov. Bruce Rauner fights to allow Illinois to keep going without a full budget, and Illinois businessman Chris Kennedy enters the race for governor.

Sean Crawford hosts with regular panelists Charlie Wheeler and Brian Mackey, and guest Jordan Abudayyeh of Springfield’s NewsChannel 20 (WICS-TV).

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