Hannah Meisel
Hannah covers state government and politics for NPR Illinois and Illinois Public Radio. She previously covered the statehouse for The Daily Line and Law360, and also worked a temporary stint at the 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 one of the best political reporters in Illinois. Since January, she has hosted WSEC-TV's CapitolView roundtable political program twice monthly.
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Board of elections official finds thin evidence for coordination claims, unclear state law. -
In order to boost infrastructure spending and avoid a projected fiscal cliff facing the state in the next couple of years, Democrats who control state government are betting on two of its most rapidly growing revenue sources: sports wagering and video gambling. -
95 former detainees sue over abuse they allegedly experienced from 1996 to 2017. -
Nearly 200 years after Native Americans were forced out of Illinois, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has become the first federally recognized tribal nation in the state after a decision from the U.S. Department of the Interior last week. -
Letters published three weeks after Tim Mapes sentenced to 30 months in prison. -
U.S. Attorney accuses Sam McCann of ‘manufactured crisis’ after test results largely normal. -
Pensioners challenged 2019 law that consolidated 649 funds for higher returns -
Companies sued by attorney general claim they are exempt from antitrust laws -
2-1 ruling sets up likely appeal to U.S. Supreme Court -
Hearings have been longer, more deliberative – resembling federal detention proceedings
