Amanda Vinicky
Amanda Vinicky moved to Chicago Tonight on WTTW-TV PBS in 2017.
Amanda Vinicky covered Illinois politics and government for NPR Illinois and the Illinois public radio network from 2006-2016. Highlights include reporting on the historic impeachment and removal from office of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, winning a national award for her coverage of Illinois' electric rate fight as a result of deregulation, and following Illinois' delegations to the Democratic and Republican national political conventions in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
She interned with WUIS in graduate school; she graduated from the University of Illinois Springfield's Public Affairs Reporting program in 2005. She also holds degrees in journalism and political science from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.
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Republican Governor Bruce Rauner and Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan may not agree on much when it comes to the Illinois budget. As they…
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Illinois' new comptroller says she will continue the practice of waiting to pay public officials' paychecks. Democrat Susana Mendoza took the oath of…
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The union that's representing 30 thousand state workers is suing Gov. Bruce Rauner. It filed a lawsuit late Wednesday in St. Clair County circuit court.
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Illinois lawmakers' two-week, fall veto session has come to an end. Gov. Bruce Rauner used his veto pen on 37 bills this second half of the General...
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The union that’s representing 30,000 state workers is suing Governor Bruce Rauner. It filed a lawsuit late yesterday in Saint Clair County circuit court.…
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In a sign the stalemate in Springfield is as strong as ever, Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill that had once been held up as proof he and Democratic…
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Will Illinois legislators pass a tax increase before a new General Assembly takes over in mid January? A majority of Illinois state representatives say...
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Dozens of state legislators Wednesday publicly called on Governor Bruce Rauner to negotiate with the state's largest public-employee union, but Rauner...
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Illinois residents will have to be proactive about registering to vote. A bill that would have automatically registered voters died Tuesday. Automatic...
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New state legislators won't be able to cast votes until they're inaugurated in mid-January. But 20 of them are spending this week at the capitol anyway,…