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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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner continues to demand legislators lower what businesses have to pay for injured workers. House Democrats scheduled a hearing on...
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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner continues to demand legislators lower what businesses have to pay for injured workers. House Democrats scheduled a hearing…
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After taking a break for Thanksgiving, Governor Bruce Rauner and the four legislative leaders are scheduled to meet Monday afternoon, as the second, and...
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In a last minute bid to gain support ahead of Illinois' veto session, a massive piece of energy legislation is being scaled back. Exelon says unless…
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Any companies that may end up helping build a wall on the U.S. / Mexico border would stand to lose Illinois investments, under a proposal unveiled today.…
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Illinois is making a concerted effort to encourage former prisoners to put skills they learned behind bars to use in the real world. Fewer than one...
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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner and First Lady Diana Rauner’s Roman holiday is coming to an end. They were part of an 80-member Chicago delegation to the…
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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is in the early stages of imposing new employment terms for members of AFSCME the state's largest government labor union.…
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The state's top political leaders got together in Springfield Wednesday for the second time in as many days. A prime topic of conversation in the closed...
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He's a Republican. But Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner avoided talking about Donald Trump throughout the presidential campaign, but he opened up some...