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Hannah Meisel
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State Government and Politics Reporter, Capitol News Illinois
Chicago
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Biography
Multi-platform journalist. I like reporting and looking at budgets, and I really like combining them both.
Politics and Social Affairs
Content
By Hannah Meisel Verified| Illinois Public Media News@ CHICAGO — After nearly five days of testimony, state Sen. Emil Jones III’s federal corruption trial appeared to be nearing its end Tuesday afternoon — until the senator unexpectedly took the witness stand. Over the last week, the jury has gotten to know Jones’ voice and mannerisms through several hours of secretly recorded footage taken by corrupt red-light camera entrepreneur-turned-cooperating witness Omar Maani in addition to a covertly taped FBI interview.
By Hannah Meisel Verified| Illinois Public Media News@ CHICAGO — Christopher Katz didn’t question why he began receiving $300 weekly payments from an executive at Chicago-based red-light camera company SafeSpeed in the summer of 2019 — despite not yet having sat for a formal interview or done any work. He didn’t question why his first check was made out from an entirely different company, Presidio Capital LLC.
By Hannah Meisel Verified| Shaw Local Verified CHICAGO – On a still-warm early fall morning in September 2019, federal agents walked into the Illinois Capitol building in Springfield and left with boxes of evidence collected from the legislative office of then-state Sen. Martin Sandoval, D-Chicago. Roughly 200 miles north, more agents executed search warrants on Sandoval’s home on Chicago’s Southwest Side and his district office in the nearby suburb of Cicero.
Company Info
Capitol News Illinois
Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit news service operated by the Illinois Press Foundation that provides coverage of state government to newspapers, broadcast outlets and other media throughout Illinois.
Springfield, Illinois, United States