State Week: Russia Reactions, Gun Laws, Campaign Cash

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,

Brian Mackey, Amanda Vinicky, Christopher Z. Mooney

Published July 20, 2018 at 1:43 PM CDT

Illinois politicians react to President Trump's varied statements on Russian interference in the 2016 elections. Gov. Rauner signs a pair of gun-control bills while promising to veto another. And the latest campaign finance numbers show the candidates for governor continuing to burn cash at an unprecedented rate.

Sean Crawford hosts with regular panelist Brian Mackey, and guests Amanda Vinicky of Chicago Tonight, which airs on PBS station WTTW; and Chris Mooney, a political scientist at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

State Week | July 20, 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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Amanda Vinicky

Amanda Vinicky moved to Chicago Tonight on WTTW-TV PBS in 2017.

Christopher Z. Mooney

Christopher Z. Mooney is the director of the University of Illinois’s Institute of Government and Public Affairs and the W. Russell Arrington Professor of State Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois, Springfield. He studies comparative U.S. state politics, with special focus on state legislatures.

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