Sean Crawford is the NPR Illinois managing editor, or news director. In this conversation he discusses his earliest radio days to his years at the statehouse before taking the helm of NPR Illinois news operations.

Audrey Bellot is the NPR Illinois business manager. This entails a variety of functions to allow other staff to focus on their assigned duties. These include sponsorship traffic management, purchasing, billing, Day Sponsorships, reception, and more.

Tim Boll is the chief engineer at NPR Illinois. He works with radio requency and internet protocol technology to make sure the audio and digital content of NPR Illinois reaches the audience.

Judah White is the NPR Illinois development coordinator through the UIS Graduate Public Service Intership program. He works to create graphics, promos, and social media to help grow the NPR Illinois audience.

Plan allows utility to offer price breaks for those with household incomes up to 300% of federal poverty level

The ICC approved a $73 million rate increase for the utility

New NPR Illinois sponsorship account executive, Eric Murphy, shares his journey that includes Illinois politics and the military.

Ko'u Hopkins is working as an NPR Illinois coordinator while studying international relations at the University of Illinois Springfield. She recently ran the 20th This I Believe program and has already traveled the world.

The project still needs local approval.

After closing The Wakery, Elizabeth Wake joins NPR Illinois as one of its sponsorship account executives to develop business funding and increase awareness.