Hannah Meisel
Hannah Meisel covers state government and politics for Capitol News Illinois. She previously covered the statehouse for NPR Illinois, Illinois Public Radio, The Daily Line and Law360, and also worked a temporary stint at political blog Capitol Fax in 2018.
She has also worked as a reporter for Illinois Public Media in Urbana, and served as NPR Illinois' statehouse intern in 2014 while working toward a master's degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Hannah also holds a journalism degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was a reporter and managing editor at The Daily Illini.
In 2020, the Washington Post named Hannah as one of the best political reporters in Illinois.
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New spending will focused on building Chicago’s shelter capacity and getting immigrants to permanent housing. -
As Illinois faces shortages of health care practitioners and mental health professionals, the state agency in charge of licensing for those and more than 100 other industries has struggled to keep up. -
The companies sued by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul claim they are exempt from antitrust laws. -
The 2-1 ruling sets up a likely appeal to U.S. Supreme Court. -
Illinois' GOP leader says he’s ready to compromise as Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker keeps the baill in lawmakers’ court. -
Think Big America is set up as ‘dark money’ group, though the Illinois governor is its sole donor.
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Illinois' veto session runs from Oct. 24 to 26 and Nov. 7 to 9 in Springfield. Lawmakers will have a full agenda, including a handful of vetoes from Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
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The Illinois bill was named for Chicago domestic violence victim allegedly shot and killed by husband this summer -
Marc Smith is one of the three Illinois agency leaders to announce their end-of-year departure plans. -
Buses full of migrants from Texas have accelerated, as Illinois counts 15,000 new arrivals in 13 months. -
Tim Mapes, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's chief of staff, was convicted of lying to a grand jury investigating Madigan and his inner circle. -
Anti-abortion groups have claimed victory — for now.
