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This week, Mary and Carla bring on Jeremie Bailey from the Lincoln's Legends podcast to talk about his media entity and content creation in central Illinois.
SJ-R education reporter Jason Nevel talks with Rochester School District Superintendent Tom Bertrand about the ongoing school funding issue at the Statehouse, standardized testing, some background on Rochester schools and the success of the high school football team.
The Illinois State Fair starts in just a week, with a new parade route, eating contests and rides. The podcast crew chats with fair manager Kevin Gordon and Morgan Booth, public information officer for the Department of Agriculture. We talk about ride safety and a new stage for up-and-coming bands, as well as fair favorites.
We're checking in with a quick podcast before the legislative special session is supposed to start on Monday, July 31, 2017. Today is the day Gov. Bruce Rauner is supposed to receive the school funding bill from the Illinois Senate. Rauner is expected to respond with an amendatory veto. We'll see where things go from there. Join SJ-R Statehouse reporter Doug Finke, political writer Bernard Schoenburg and SJ-R editor Angie Muhs for this discussion.
We're talking school funding on today's episode of The State Journal-Register Podcast. SJ-R education reporter Jason Nevel is your host as he interviews Darren Root, superintendent of the Auburn School District. Root is talking about the unresolved school funding issue in the state of Illinois. He also takes us behind the scenes of Gov. Bruce Rauner's visit to Auburn High School last week to talk about school funding. In addition, Root discusses what it's like being a superintendent in Auburn.
This week, the podcast crew brings on Betsy Dollar, the executive director of the Springfield Art Association, to talk about the annual Paint the Street event. It's supposed to be a hot one, folks, so if you attend be sure to bring plenty of water!
Welcome to the second episode of the SJ-R Under the Dome podcast, The State Journal-Register's weekly look at what's happening in Illinois government and politics. Executive Editor Angie Muhs chats with State Capitol Bureau reporter Doug Finke about the staff turnover in the governor's office, the prospects of getting a school funding deal in place before classes begin, how quickly the state's overdue bills will be paid and discussion about state Sen. Sam McCann, R-Plainview, considering a run for governor.
Welcome the inaugural episode of the SJ-R Under the Dome podcast, The State Journal-Register's weekly look at what's happening in Illinois government and politics. Executive Editor Angie Muhs chats with State Capitol Bureau reporter Doug Finke and political writer Bernard Schoenburg about the shakeup in the governor's office and the looming school funding issue that remains unresolved.
This week, Lisa Clemmons Stott and Sean Burns from Downtown Springfield Inc. come on the podcast to talk about the Amaranth Apple Festival this weekend. And no, it's not a real apple.
We delayed this conversation by one day to make sure we had a thorough roundup of everything that happened at the Capitol this week. We finally have a budget! But that comes with some sobering caveats, including ongoing consequences, even more unpaid bills from the past two years and an unpopular permanent income tax increase.
This week, the podcast crew brings Randy Twyford with the Twyford BBQ and Catering Food Truck to talk about the conflict between the city and the food trucks over where they can park downtown. For more information, you can read Mary's story about it here: http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170628/downtown-food-truck-operators-concerned-about-rule-changes
This week, Bernie Schoenburg returns to the podcast to discuss the special session Gov. Bruce Rauner called to get a deal on the state budget. Spoiler alert: it's not looking too good.
This week, the podcast crew bring on Tim Wallin, one of the co-creators of Springfield Emojis. He discusses the idea behind the app, some of his favorites, and he even was kind enough to draw some suggestions from listeners and readers!
If you're interested, we also Facebook Live-d the session with Tim. You can see check out the drawings he did when we put him on the spot here: https://www.facebook.com/statejournalregister/videos/10158947764775232/
The SJ-R Podcast crew talks about the recent uptick in city violence with Marcus Butler, a mentor with The Outlet, and ways Springfield and its citizens can help combat it.
This week, the Podcast posse brings on Chris Stone, a local developer, to talk about his big idea to build a casino in downtown Springfield.
It's a tale of two Todds this week as the SJ-R podcast crew bring on Todd Sears, the president and publisher of The State Journal-Register, to talk about the SJ-R Best of Preps Sports Banquet to be held on June 27. The banquet will feature tons of cool things for all student athletes and the general public in the area, including an amazing dinner and an appearance from Brian Urlacher. Get your tickets now at sj-r.com.
This week, the podcast crew bring on Jonna Cooley, the executive director of the Phoenix Center, to talk about the annual PrideFest this weekend.
The SJ-R podcast crew brought on Doug Finke, the statehouse bureau chief for The State Journal-Register, to talk about the ongoing budget crisis and what can realistically be accomplished in the last few weeks of the session. Plus we talk about what's going on around town in the world of sports, news and entertainment.
This week, the podcast crew sat down with UIS history professor Holly Kent and UIS history grad student Steve Gifford to talk about their perspectives on the faculty strike. In addition, our reporter John Reynolds had a phone interview with UIS chancellor Susan Koch to talk about the administrative perspective.
This week, the podcast crew bring on Ana Gragg, a senior at Southeast High School, who was named The Voice's 2017 Top Teen. We chat with Ana about her service, the things she likes to do in her free time and what the future will hold for her.
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