Dana Vollmer
Dana Vollmer is a reporter with WCBU. Prior to moving to Peoria, Dana covered the state Capitol for NPR Illinois. She earned her master’s degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield. She also graduated from Northern Illinois University, where she studied communication and produced Morning Edition for WNIJ. Dana's interests include criminal justice reform, economic equity and the environment.
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Illinois lawmakers are at odds over how to punish damage to important infrastructure. Some fear it would mean harsher sentences for charges that already...
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An Illinois toddler died nine years ago after suffering third degree burns from bathwater. The Illinois House last week approved legislation to make...
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Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul say they’ll use the power of their office to expand trauma services —...
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Illinois Senators want to make sure everyone is counted in the 2020 Census.
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Illinois lawmakers are being asked to decide whether nurses are dangerously overworked — and what to do about it. Nurses want limits on how many...
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A proposal in the Illinois House would allow people to donate their unused prescriptions and medical supplies to people who can’t afford them.
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Legislation being considered in the Illinois House could cancel plans for a proposed ICE detention facility in Dwight.
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Stateville Calling is a documentary about parole reform and its effect on aging prisoners. The film follows 84-year-old activist Bill Ryan as he works...
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Illinois’s new $15 minimum wage law doesn’t guarantee better pay for workers with disabilities. An exemption in federal labor law still allows some...
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Young adults could be tried in juvenile court up to age 21 under legislation being considered in the Illinois Senate.