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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The governor is pushing his proposal as some teacher unions are amping up pressure on lawmakers to "undo" a 2011-era pension law they allege runs afoul of federal retirement law.
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An Illinois judge told Tim Mapes, a former Madigan aide, his ‘loyalty was greatly misguided’ in lying to grand jury investigating the former state house speaker.
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An Illinois business can violate BIPA by not getting written consent from customers or employees for the data being collected, not having a storage policy in place or not properly protecting the data.
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Illinois Justice P. Scott Neville wrote the state supreme court’s unanimous opinion that staffing agencies are not exempt from the state’s antitrust laws.
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The Illinois Supreme Court unanimously ruled that members’ voting power isn’t a "benefit" protected by the constitution.
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The Illinois Supreme Court unanimously ruled the state's strongest-in-the-nation biometric privacy law does, in fact, exempt health care workers' biometric information collected for treatment of patients.
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Fire and police pensioners in Illinois' municipalities challenged a 2019 law that consolidated 649 funds for higher returns, claiming the change actually hurts retirees voting power.
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New spending will focused on building Chicago’s shelter capacity and getting immigrants to permanent housing.
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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.
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The companies sued by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul claim they are exempt from antitrust laws.
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The 2-1 ruling sets up a likely appeal to U.S. Supreme Court.
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Illinois' GOP leader says he’s ready to compromise as Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker keeps the baill in lawmakers’ court.