General Interest -Statecraft Interviews

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General Interest -Statecraft Interviews

Edward M Burke - General Interest -Statecraft

A policeman's perspective of the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago

Gene Callahan - General Interest -Statecraft

Political staffer and advisor to Paul Simon, Alan Dixon and Major League Baseball

William Feurer - General Interest -Statecraft

Assistant to Governor Otto Kerner from 1963 to 1968

Paul Findley - General Interest -Statecraft

U.S. Congressman from west central Illinois during 1960s thru 1982

Beverly Helm-Renfro - General Interest -Statecraft

Daughter of photographer ‘Doc’ Helm, and admin asst to state Senator Barack Obama from 2001 to 2004

Mark Janus - General Interest -Statecraft

Plaintiff in the Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court case in 2018

Philip S Krone - General Interest -Statecraft

Illinois political consultant from the late 1960s thru the early 2000s

Louis 'Lou' Lang - General Interest -Statecraft

IL House Democratic leader discusses the Gov. Blagojevich impeachment

Mary Lee Leahy - General Interest -Statecraft

An attorney's involvement in the Dan Walker administration and in landmark Supreme Court cases.

Richard Lockhart - General Interest -Statecraft

Lockhart discusses his over 50 years as a lobbyist in Springfield

Ann Lousin - General Interest -Statecraft

Research Assistant at 1970 Constitutional Convention & Civil Service Commission during Gov. Thompson administration

Gary McCants - General Interest -Statecraft

AME Presiding Elder who ministered to public congregations and within the halls of the IL Legislature

Ron Michaelson - General Interest -Statecraft

Executive Director of the Illinois Board of Elections from 1976 to 2003

Newton Minow - General Interest -Statecraft

Former FCC chair for Pres. Kennedy and friend and mentor to Barack Obama

James Nowlan - General Interest -Statecraft

Former representative and lifelong student of Illinois politics shares his views on the state's future

Taylor Pensoneau - General Interest -Statecraft

St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter's experiences during the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago

Mitchell Roth - General Interest -Statecraft

General Counsel for IL Education Association discusses Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court case

Roy Schilling - General Interest -Statecraft

Life-long educator and friend of descendants of Gov. Richard Oglesby

Michael Shakman - General Interest -Statecraft

Chicago lawyer who took on the city's Democratic machine

Bernard H Sieracki - General Interest -Statecraft

A lobbyist in the IL Legislature for over forty years and author of "A Just Cause," on the impeachment of Gov. Blagojevich

Hal Smith - General Interest -Statecraft

Aide to Senator Charles Percy shares his memories of Percy and Darin LaHood

David Blanchette - General Interest -Statecraft

Assistant Press Secretary for Gov. Pat Quinn from 2013-2014

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