Here Are 9 — Maybe 10 (Or 11) — Illinois Republicans Mulling A Run For Governor
The Republican nomination in the 2022 campaign for Illinois governor is a free-for-all, with many people considering a run.
The Republican nomination in the 2022 campaign for Illinois governor is a free-for-all, with many people considering a run.
A new Congress will be sworn in on Sunday—the Democrats have a slimmer majority and Republicans have elected slightly more women. And Trump’s education secretary Betsy DeVos survived his full presidency, making herself out to be a champion of school choice and deregulation. Now, Biden’s pick for the job is set to emphasize a new set of priorities.In this episode: political reporter Danielle Kurtzlaben, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell, and education reporter Elissa Nadworny.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.
Behind schedule and struggling to fix irregularities in the count, the Census Bureau is working toward Jan. 9 as the next date in the process for releasing results, a bureau employee tells NPR.
Illinois’ long-serving secretary of state says he won’t be seeking reelection in 2022.
What three words would a Chicago journalist use to describe the political scene in 2020? “Unprecedented,” WTTW’s Heather Cherone told Reset. “Fraught, and divisive.“
President Trump reshaped the federal judiciary and made three lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court. How will that legacy play out under a Joe Biden administration?In this episode: political correspondent Scott Detrow, national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, and legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg.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.
It’s been a wild year in Illinois and Chicago politics. Two political watchers break down the year that was.
Jake Sullivan is the president-elect’s top national security adviser. He told NPR’s Scott Detrow that he is worried that a lack of communication from top Trump officials could jeopardize a safe transition.Sullivan also emphasized that Americans’ economic well-being will be a central tenet of Joe Biden’s foreign policy. Although he served in the Obama administration, Sullivan now feels that it didn’t do enough to tie foreign policy to domestic concerns.This episode: political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben and political correspondent Scott Detrow.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. Produced by Barton Girdwood and Lexie Schapitl.
Education policy expert Cristina Pacione-Zayas is Martinez’s hand-picked successor to serve in the Illinois State Senate.
Misinformation about the election and the coronavirus is also gaining a foothold in American society, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll.