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State Week: Rauner's Apology Tour; Illinois Nazis; Third-Party Candidates

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Brian Mackey,
Daisy Contreras, Charles N. Wheeler III
Published July 6, 2018 at 4:22 PM CDT
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NPR Illinois

Gov. Bruce Rauner boards a city bus for an apology tour of Illinois’ flagship college towns. Illinois Nazis are back in the news. And it’s official — there will be at least four party-affiliated candidates on the ballot for governor this fall.

Brian Mackey hosts with regular panelists Charlie Wheeler and Daisy Contreras, and guest Mark Maxwell, the Capitol bureau chief for CBS affiliate WCIA-TV.

State Week | July 6, 2018

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Brian Mackey
Brian Mackey formerly reported on state government and politics for NPR Illinois and a dozen other public radio stations across the state. Before that, he was A&E editor at The State Journal-Register and Statehouse bureau chief for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
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Daisy Contreras
Daisy reports on statehouse issues for our Illinois Issues project. She's currently a Public Affairs Reporting graduate program student at the University of Illinois Springfield. She graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology with an associates degrees from Truman College. Daisy is from Chicago where she attended Lane Tech High School.
Charles N. Wheeler III
The director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
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