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State Week: On the streets and in the courts

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Brian Mackey
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NPR Illinois

ICE protests continue in Chicago while the city and state fight against National Guard deployment in court.

A federal judge Thursday granted a temporary restraining order to block troops, as dozens began showing up in the city this week. But the Trump Administration is appealing the decision.

Also, we discuss the upcoming fall legislative session and some more bad fiscal news for the state.

Host Sean Crawford is joined by Professor Emeritus Charlie Wheeler and Capitol News Illinois reporter Hannah Meisel.

The former 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.
Hannah covers state government and politics for Capitol News Illinois. She's been dedicated to the statehouse beat since interning at NPR Illinois in 2014, with subsequent stops at WILL-AM/FM, Law360, Capitol Fax and The Daily Line before returning to NPR Illinois in 2020 and moving to CNI in 2023.