Amanda Vinicky
Amanda Vinicky moved to Chicago Tonight on WTTW-TV PBS in 2017.
Amanda Vinicky covered Illinois politics and government for NPR Illinois and the Illinois public radio network from 2006-2016. Highlights include reporting on the historic impeachment and removal from office of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, winning a national award for her coverage of Illinois' electric rate fight as a result of deregulation, and following Illinois' delegations to the Democratic and Republican national political conventions in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
She interned with WUIS in graduate school; she graduated from the University of Illinois Springfield's Public Affairs Reporting program in 2005. She also holds degrees in journalism and political science from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.
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The Girl on the Train. Suicide Squad. Bridget Jones's Baby. These are the movies showing now at a theater near you. Throughout October, a handful of...
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He may be the state's highest-ranking Republican, but Gov. Bruce Rauner Thursday continued to be cagey about where he stands on Donald Trump. Rauner has...
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and his allies are shoveling historic piles of cash into legislative races this year. A new federal super-PAC that goes by...
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Low-income university students had until early March this year to fill out a form that allowed them to take advantage of Illinois' primary financial aid...
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Illinois voters will be able to register and cast their ballot at the same time - on election day, Nov. 8th. The U.S. Court of Appeals handed down a...
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A cannabis dispensary is using a new tactic nearly a year into Illinois' slow-rollout of a medical marijuana program. The advertising campaign is...
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A federal judge is sticking by his decision, determining Thursday that a state law that would have made last-minute voting easier for residents of...
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State workers suing to put an end to mandatory union dues will appeal a federal judge's order dismissing their case.
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The man who calls himself the leader of Illinois' Republican Party conti ues to refuse to weigh in on this year's election.
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Illinois has long had a day to honor Gold Star Mothers. For the first time Monday the state recognized the rest of their families.