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Interview Archives: Illinois
Wednesday June 13, 2012, 10:06 AM
Political Corruption in Illinois
David Morrison, Deputy Director, Illinois Campaign for Political Reform
Dick W. Simpson, Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois Chicago
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Politics • United States • Illinois
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 10:06 AM
National and Illinois Politics
Jamey Dunn, Statehouse Bureau Chief at Illinois Issues
John S. Jackson, Ph.D., Visiting Professor, Paul Simon Institute
Host: David Inge
We’ll review the results of the Illinois primary. We’ll talk about what it means for the battle over the GOP presidential nomination, and look at how the dynamic in Springfield might change as a result of the once-in-a-decade redistricting. We’ll have two guests, Jamey Dunn, statehouse bureau chief for Illinois Issues, and John Jackson, visiting professor at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, based at Southern Illinois University.
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Categories: Government • Elections • Politics • United States • Illinois
Thursday March 15, 2012, 10:06 AM
Talk with the Candidate: Chapin Rose
The Honorable Chapin Rose, Representative to the Illinois State House from the 110th District; Candidate for the Illinois State Senate for the 51st District
Host: David Inge
We’ll have the last in our series of conversations with candidates who will compete in next week’s Illinois primary. We have been talking with candidates for Congress and for the Statehouse, and next time our guest will be Illinois State Rep. Chapin Rose. He is a Republican currently representing the 110th district in the Illinois House. He is one of two Republicans seeking their party’s spot on the ballot in the new 51st District of the Illinois State Senate. This will be your chance to ask the candidate questions about the issues most important to you.
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Conversation with the Candidates: Chapin Rose from Illinois Public Media on Vimeo.
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Categories: Government • Politics • United States • Illinois
Wednesday March 14, 2012, 11:06 AM
Talk with the Candidate: Matt Goetten
Matthew J. Goetten, Democratic Candidate for the 13th Congressional District
Host: David Inge
We’ll have another in our series of conversations with candidates who will compete in next week’s Illinois primary. Our guest will be Greene County State’s Attorney Matt Goetten. He is one of two Democrats seeking their party’s spot on the ballot in the new 13th Congressional District. The district stretches from Urbana-Champaign southwest to the Illinois-Missouri border, and includes the cities of Decatur, Springfield, Taylorville and Edwardsville. This will be your chance to ask the candidate questions about the issues most important to you.
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Conversation with the Candidates: Matt Goetten from Illinois Public Media on Vimeo.
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Categories: Government • Elections • United States • Illinois
Monday March 12, 2012, 11:06 AM
Talk with the Candidate: Robert Roman
Robert Roman, Director of Resources, Division of Management Information, University of Illinois; Republican Candidate for the 102nd Illinois State House of Representatives
Host: David Inge
We’ll have another in our series of conversations with candidates who will compete in this month’s Illinois primary. We’ll be talking with candidates for the Statehouse and for Congress. Our guest will be Robert Roman, one of two Republicans seeking their party’s spot on the ballot in the new 102nd district of the Illinois House The district includes Shelby, Moultrie and Douglas counties, and parts of Macon, Vermilion, Edgar and Champaign counties. The cities of Tolono, Tuscola, Arcola, Sullivan, Shelbyville and Paris are all in the new 102nd. This will be your chance to ask the candidate questions about the issues most important to you.
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Categories: Government • Elections • United States • Illinois
Tuesday March 06, 2012, 10:06 AM
Talk with the Candidate: David Gill
David Gill, M.D., Emergency Room Physician, Bloomington, Illinois; Democratic Candidate for the 13th Illinois Congressional District
Host: David Inge
Our guest will be David Gill, one of two Democrats seeking their party’s spot on the ballot in the new 13th Congressional District. The district stretches from Urbana-Champaign southwest to the Illinois-Missouri border, and includes the cities of Decatur, Springfield, Taylorville and Edwardsville. This will be your chance to ask the candidate questions about the issues most important to you.
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Conversation with the Candidates: David Gill from Illinois Public Media on Vimeo.
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Categories: Government • Elections • United States • Illinois
Monday March 05, 2012, 10:06 AM
Talk with the Candidate: Michael Firsching
Michael Firsching, D.V.M., Veterinarian; Republican Candidate for the 13th Congressional District
Host: David Inge
Our guest will be Michael Firsching, one of three Republicans seeking their party’s spot on the ballot in the new 13th Congressional District. The district stretches from Urbana-Champaign southwest to the Illinois-Missouri border, and includes the cities of Decatur, Springfield, Taylorville and Edwardsville. This will be your chance to ask the candidate questions about the issues most important to you.
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Categories: Government • Elections • United States • Illinois
Tuesday February 28, 2012, 11:06 AM
Illinois in the War of 1812
Gillum Ferguson, J.D., Attorney in Naperville, Illinois; Historian
Host: David Inge
The most important battles in the war of 1812 took place in the Atlantic, the Great lakes and the South, but the war also touched the land that would eventually become Illinois. Historian Gillum Ferguson explains the crucial importance of the war to the development of Illinois as a state, the subject of his book "Illinois in the War of 1812." He’ll tell us about some of the people who fought the war, review the events that defined it and summarize its lasting consequences.
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Categories: History • United States history • United States • Illinois • War
Monday February 27, 2012, 10:06 AM
Talk with the Candidate
Tom Pliura, M.D., J.D., Republican Candidate for the Illinois State Senate, 51st District
Host: David Inge
Our guest is physician Tom Pliura, a Republican seeking his party’s spot on the ballot in the new 51st District of the Illinois State Senate. His opponent in the primary will be State Rep. Chapin Rose, and he will be on our program in mid-March. This will be your chance to ask the candidate questions about the issues most important to you.
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Categories: Government • Elections • United States • Illinois
Thursday February 23, 2012, 11:06 AM
The Illinois State Budget
J. Fred Giertz, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois
Robert Rich, Ph.D., Director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn says that for more than 30 years, too many of the state’s leaders and lawmakers failed to confront hard realities when it came to state spending. Now, he says, our rendezvous with reality has arrived. We’ll review the governor’s budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, with particular attention to the major problems of Medicaid and pensions.
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Focus: The Illinois State Budget from Illinois Public Media on Vimeo.
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- Profile, Professor Giertz
- Profile, Professor Rich
- Institue of Government & Public Affairs, University of Illinois
Categories: Economics • Government • Politics • United States • Illinois
