State Week
Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III
4.7from 55 ratings
- 146
- Episodes
- 114
- Transcribed
- 55
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About State Week
An analysis of the week in Illinois politics and government from the NPR Illinois.comments@stateweek.orgSupport for State Week comes from:Pie OrgThe Illinois Education Association Visit Springfield
- Publisher
- Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III
- Category
- government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 17 Nov 2023
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
114 of 146 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
State Week: Durkin backs Pritzker; Hastert's rise and fall
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
State Week: The Choate solution
24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
State Week: Can Illinois meet its carbon goals?
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State Week: Durkin backs Pritzker; Hastert's rise and fall
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And that was typically the ticket that would win over suburban voters. Darren Bailey is not that, at least in terms of the social moderation. Yeah, Charlie, he has broken with his party in the past on some key issues. He also supported John McCain for president, and that really says a lot about him because McCain was always viewed as the term everybody liked to use, political maverick. And to some extent, I don't know that Durkin was quite to that level, but there were areas, like I said, that he did break with his party on. But what were your thoughts on this announcement this week? Well, I was kind of sort of surprised that he went public in such a big way and he had such harsh words for Bailey. […]
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- 55 ratings
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- YouTube
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- Engagement
- 98
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