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State Week: Yet Another State Trooper Killed At Side Of Highway

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,
Brian Mackey, Charles N. Wheeler III, Daisy Contreras
Published March 29, 2019 at 1:40 PM CDT
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NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS

This week, rallies at the statehouse over gun rights and abortion; still more questions about legalized sports betting; and despite the launch of a new awreness campaign, another State Trooper killed by a semi-trailer on the highway.
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Sean Crawford
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Brian Mackey
Brian Mackey hosts The 21st Show and formerly reported on state government.
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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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Daisy Contreras
Daisy reported on statehouse issues for our Illinois Issues project. She's a Public Affairs Reporting program graduate from the University of Illinois Springfield. She also graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and has an associates degrees from Truman College. Daisy is from Chicago where she attended Lane Tech High School.
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