Maggie Strahan
ReporterMaggie Strahan, a graduate student in the Public Affairs Reporting program at the University of Illinois, is WGLT and WBCU’s statehouse intern for the spring of 2022.
Maggie graduated from the University of Chicago in 2018 and brings experience from a background in theater, legislature, and campaign management.
Maggie can be reached at mstraha@ilstu.edu.
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A new bill plans to change how Peoria Police respond to behavioral crisis calls by adding mental health care workers to their emergency team. If it succeeds in Peoria, it has the possibility of becoming the standard statewide. -
In the wake of several child deaths — including Peoria boy Navin Jones — Republican lawmakers on Wednesday called for a performance audit of the state child welfare agency. -
Pekin mayor Mark Luft is running for re-election in the new 93rd district for the House of Representatives. Luft is an incumbent of less than two years in the current 91st district. He will be facing a primary opponent who does not believe that he is conservative enough to represent the newly-drawn district. WCBU Statehouse reporter Maggie Strahan spoke with Luft about his voting record, his legislative priorities, and his re-election campaign as he angles to stay in Springfield for another term. -
A new bill in the General Assembly would establish new emergency response protocols, in which a crisis call to 911 would send the police and a social worker to provide mental health services. -
Republican voters in parts of Greater Peoria will likely choose in June between an incumbent state representative and a challenger from a political legacy family with a familiar name. -
Over 200 survivors of crime met in Springfield on Wednesday, joining lawmakers to demand better trauma services for victims across the state. -
Reditus Labs gave $12,000 to a political campaign, one day after the COVID-testing company's CEO, Aaron Rossi, was indicted on tax fraud charges. -
A new bill would make discrimination against natural hairstyles illegal in the workplace in Illinois, by amending the definition of race to include natural and protective hairstyles as a racial characteristic. -
Illinois Republicans say the bill does not go far enough to pay the state’s debts, and unanimously voted against it in both chambers. -
Financial planner and entrepreneur Brett Nicklaus of Dixon has filed to run Illinois’ new 37th Senate District, which includes parts of Peoria, Dunlap, and Chillicothe.
