Dana Vollmer
Dana Vollmer is a reporter with WCBU. Prior to moving to Peoria, Dana covered the state Capitol for NPR Illinois. She earned her master’s degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield. She also graduated from Northern Illinois University, where she studied communication and produced Morning Edition for WNIJ. Dana's interests include criminal justice reform, economic equity and the environment.
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There are just weeks left until adult-use recreational cannabis becomes legal in Illinois. While many consumers have been looking forward to that day...
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Illinois lawmakers approved legislation banning local police officers from acting as Immigration and Customs Enforcement deputies. -
Legislation meant to protect abortion rights if Roe v. Wade is overturned is headed to the governor’s desk. -
After a long and unusually emotional debate in the Illinois House Tuesday, lawmakers approved legislation aimed at keeping abortion legal in Illinois,...
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Child welfare workers are calling on Illinois lawmakers to better fund private services.
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Illinois lawmakers are considering whether to overhaul the application process for Firearm Owner’s Identification cards. -
Mourners gathered at the Old State Capitol on Thursday for an annual event memorializing the millions of lives lost in the Holocaust. -
Illinois lawmakers want judges to consider people’s family obligations when sentencing or detaining them for a crime. -
Illinois lawmakers want to divert more people convicted of crimes from prison to boot camp. -
Illinois House lawmakers passed legislation requiring a parent be present when students are questioned or detained in connection to a crime.
