Chairman Of Illinois Panel Investigating Madigan Has COVID-19
Rep. Chris Welch, D-Hillside, says he has mild symptoms and hopes to keep a Dec. 14 date for the committee’s next hearing.
Rep. Chris Welch, D-Hillside, says he has mild symptoms and hopes to keep a Dec. 14 date for the committee’s next hearing.
Dart is recovering at home and has not been to the office since Nov. 19, according to a statement from his office.
This Black Friday we’re bringing you a greatest hits of NPR podcasts. Many other shows have been looking at specific policy options on the table for Joe Biden. Planet Money has looked at economic policy, and Short Wave has been looking at climate policy. So we invited them onto our show to share their reporting and take a look at what Biden might do starting on day one.And as a bonus, we sat down with Pop Culture Happy Hour to talk about the tv shows we’re missing when we’re spending all our time watching the news.This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, political correspondent Asma Khalid, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, Planet Money’s Jacob Goldstein, climate reporter Rebecca Hersher, and Pop Culture Happy Hour’s Aisha Harris.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
Mayor Lightfoot’s “pandemic budget” passes by a narrow margin. Plus, Illinois health officials plead with residents to avoid holiday travel.
The Chicago chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America condemned Ald. Vasquez for voting “yes” on Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2021 budget.
In this special episode NPR’s Throughline explore the constitution with Heidi Schreck and her play, What the Constitution Means to Me. They discover what the document is really about – who wrote it, who it was for, who it protected and who it didn’t.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
The emails reveal that a Cook County elected official and key ally to House Speaker Michael Madigan got secret payments from the utility.
WBEZ’s resident philosopher Al Gini has written a new book called The Sanity of Satire: Surviving Politics One Joke at a Time.
If Democrats succeed in the Georgia runoffs and win control of the Senate, Durbin may become one of the most powerful lawmakers in Washington.
Like two teams that meet in the seventh game of a World Series, both the Democratic and Republican parties bought Champagne for election night. But in this instance, it was hard for either to pop the corks. Days went by. The bubbly got warm and went flat.It was not just the delay that spoiled the party. And this is not a case of post-election hangover. This was simply a sobering election.This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, senior editor & correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and senior editor & correspondent Ron Elving.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.