Hannah Meisel
@hannahmeisel
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State gov’t + politics reporter for @CapitolNewsIL. 🍋Voted class clown in high school, though I’d like to think I’ve reformed. [email protected]
chicago/springfield/etc.
Joined June 2009
I'm maybe the worst ~political reporter~ ever because I HATE covering elections. There's also a near-constant din of worry in my head re: the toxic state of American politics/the (small) role I play in that. How can we do better? Some thoughts I wrote for @inbatweets' newsletter:
Meisel to journos: Reconnect politics to governing
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RT @adrianamperezr: Today, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Illinois is postponing construction of a long-awaited project to stop the movement of…
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RT @CapitolNewsIL: A new law named after a Chicago woman who was killed in a domestic violence incident aims to remove guns from certain ac…
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RT @CapitolNewsIL: Gov. JB Pritzker spent much of the week campaigning against tariffs and other Trump administration policies. @drewjayada…
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RT @HeatherCherone: The lawsuit is the latest indication that the Trump administration, which is attempting to strip self-proclaimed sanctu…
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RT @SeidelContent: While we wait for a Madigan verdict, here’s a development in the case against Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III. Prosecutors…
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RT @CapitolNewsIL: Organizations say tens of thousands of youths are being deprived of services because $50M in budget hasn’t been released…
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RT @BenSzalinski: What do tariffs mean in Illinois? For starters, Canada is Illinois' largest trading partner. 72% of 2023 imports from the…
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RT @CapitolNewsIL: Tariffs proposed by President Donald Trump could affect billions of dollars of Illinois goods. @BenSzalinski reports on…
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RT @jmetr22b: Madigan jury, flush with office supplies, finishes first full day of deliberations without reaching verdict "If they start as…
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RT @CapitolNewsIL: Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s fate is officially in the hands of a federal jury after week-long closin…
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@OswegoWilly @chicagobars Threemil in April, AT&T redux in June. Plus in my lifetime it’s become more and more likely that government is held together by the popsicle sticks that are court orders sooooo…!
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It’s official: As of 3:14 p.m., after three months of testimony and more than a week of closing arguments, former IL House Speaker Mike Madigan’s and longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain’s federal corruption trial is now in the jury’s hands. (Photos by @drewjayadams)
Jurors hearing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s trial are finally scheduled to begin deliberations Wednesday afternoon after more than three months of testimony. @hannahmeisel reports.
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RT @CapitolNewsIL: Jurors hearing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s trial are finally scheduled to begin deliberations Wednes…
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About to begin the last of *six* days of closing arguments. My story from yesterday:
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RT @CapitolNewsIL: A Trump Administration order threatens tens of billions of dollars of federal funding in Illinois, though its unclear sc…
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RT @BenSzalinski: I took a look at some of the data behind the lawsuit, including how the current legislative map compares to a 1981 Illino…
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RT @capitolfax: Updated x4 with a list of what the Trump administration is looking to excise from agency spending
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