Jamey Dunn
Springfield
Senior Coordinator of Strategic Communications
Institute of Government & Public Affairs
University of Illinois System
NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022 - First Term
July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2025 - Eligible Second Term
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In 2008, the Great Recession helped to tip Illinois into a fiscal crisis it still hasn't recovered from. A new report from Standard & Poor's found...
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The governor describes the stopgap budget as a bridge to reform. But it could also be called an excavator — digging the state’s fiscal hole deeper.
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Power struggles and a loss of funding have put The Papers of Abraham Lincoln in peril. This story is the product of a collaboration with Illinois Times...
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Illinois has a constitutional requirement that its budget must be balanced — spending has to equal revenues every year. But is the Illinois budget ever...
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Bipartisan working groups are currently trying to find a way out of the budget impasse. But the crisis could have been prevented long before the battle…
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Illinois is one of only eight states with a flat income tax. The reasons can be traced to the state’s first-ever successful attempt at putting an income...
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As summer comes to the Midwest, it brings mosquitoes with it. This year, it also brings fears of the Zika virus, which has been linked to serious birth...
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A couple of legislative primary races are serving as stand-ins for the political struggle between the governor and Democratic leaders.
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Chicago Public School's fiscal problems continue. Meanwhile, some universities are trying to figure out how to keep their doors open without state...
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Gov. Bruce Rauner says he wants to get the state out of legal agreements called consent decrees. The deals are a big part of the reason the government...