Hannah Meisel
ReporterHannah covers state government and politics for Capitol News Illinois. She's been dedicated to the statehouse beat since interning at NPR Illinois in 2014, with subsequent stops at WILL-AM/FM, Law360, Capitol Fax and The Daily Line before returning to NPR Illinois in 2020 and moving on to CNI in 2023.
Hannah holds a journalism degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was a reporter and managing editor at The Daily Illini. After college, she interned at NPR in Washington, D.C. and then moved to Springfield to pursue a master’s degree in public affairs reporting at UIS.
In 2020, the Washington Post named Hannah one of the best political reporters in Illinois and in 2021, she won the Illinois News Broadcasters Association's Crystal Mic award for best small market radio reporter in the state. Hannah is a former host of WSEC-TV's weekly political roundtable program CapitolView and makes regular appearances on TV and radio stations across the state, including NPR Illinois’ analysis program State Week in Review.
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Former N.Y. congressman tells delegates there are persuadable voters in Democratic camps -
Bailey, Bost claim unity in support of Trump as party prepares for leadership change -
Sam McCann abruptly ended February trial in guilty plea for stealing campaign funds -
Party Chair Don Tracy announced he will leave the job he's held for more than three years. -
After 3 ½ years as ILGOP chair, Don Tracy cites intraparty fighting as reason for quitting -
Two prisons in disrepair slated for demolishment but one’s relocation still up in the air
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Department of Corrections officials lay out closure, rebuild timeline to lawmakers -
Will lawmakers agree to put public money toward the stadium project? Also, the governor said a state pension law that lowered benefits may need to be revisited.
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Governor adds voice to growing consensus that ‘Tier 2’ pensions may violate federal law -
Delta-8 explodes in popularity, but burgeoning cannabis industry says it’s a dangerous threat
