Peter Hancock | Capitol News Illinois
ReporterPeter Hancock joined the Capitol News Illinois team as a reporter in January 2019.
Before that, Hancock covered Kansas state government for much of the past two decades. For the previous 4 years, Hancock had been the statehouse reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World. He provided year-round daily coverage of the Kansas Statehouse, state government, appellate courts, elections and Kansas’ congressional delegation. He previously worked for 8 years as a statehouse reporter for Kansas Public Radio, and with the Kansas Health Policy Authority and the Kansas Education Policy Report.
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Sens. Jones, Hastings accused of misconduct
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Former Democratic senators sought to overturn pay cuts that they voted to pass
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Pritzker, other leaders say Illinois will remain a safe haven for women seeking abortion
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Income, property tax rebates were part of budget package
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Challenges ban on assault weapons, high-capacity magazines
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Pritzker, Lightfoot say they’re welcome, accuse Texas governor of racism
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Democratic, GOP campaigns vie to define 2022 election
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New money slowly closing state funding equity gap for public schools