Jerry Nowicki
Bureau ChiefJerry 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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Advocates are calling on the state to fund non-congregate hotel room shelters
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Majority-female court is first ever
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Third follow-up to criminal justice reform becomes law ahead of pretrial overhaul
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Crocheted serpent takes place next to Nativity scene, menorah
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Mendoza is top Democratic vote-getter
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Senate, House pass measure on final legislative day of year
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$1.8 billion in state tax revenues would reduce employer burden by estimated $915 million
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Dems claim electoral mandate for broad criminal justice reform, GOP claims they’re ‘frozen out’
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Aims for ‘meaningful participation’ in state government policy discussions
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McCombie, Curran chosen to lead House, Senate caucuses