Jerry Nowicki
Bureau Chief for Capitol News IllinoisJerry Nowicki is bureau chief of Capitol News Illinois and has been with the organization since its inception in 2019.
Before joining CNI, Nowicki spent two years on Illinois Senate staff as a legislative aide to state Sen. Steve Landek. Prior to that, he was editor of the LeRoy Farmer City Press, which won the 2015 David B. Kramer Memorial Trophy for Illinois’ best small weekly newspaper.
Complementing his Statehouse and reporting experience, Nowicki has lived in a variety of Illinois communities. He grew up in Evergreen Park, a southwest suburb of Chicago, and has lived for a time in each of New Lenox, Bloomington, Champaign, and LeRoy. He currently resides in Springfield.
He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Illinois State University and obtained his master’s degree in communication from Purdue University in May 2019.
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Republican joins all Illinois’ former governors except Blagojevich -
Budget includes investments in education, violence prevention and business incentives -
Protections for noncitizens, criminal justice reform, education changes among bills passed in May -
Lawmakers had planned to adjourn last week, but negotiations on a new budget forced them to miss the self-imposed deadline. -
Cannabis regulation, elections, biometric privacy, ethics measures all filed Friday -
Gov. JB Pritzker will deliver his next budget proposal on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Pritzker has priorities, but he'll need to balance costs with what is expected to be a revenue slowdown. Also, a number of candidates are vying to be the leader of the state's largest city. Lori Lightfoot is trying to become the first woman re-elected to the job. Meanwhile, one of the perceived frontrunners, Paul Vallas, now faces questions over his residency. -
Gov. JB Pritzker this week reiterated his goal of changing the state's gun laws. -
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan faces a new conspiracy count as part of the federal racketeering and bribery investigation against him.
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Republican State Senator Darren Bailey has moved ahead in recent polling in his effort to gain his party's gubernatorial nomination
