Peter Hancock
ReporterPeter Hancock joined the Capitol News Illinois team as a reporter in January 2019.
Before that, Hancock covered Kansas state government for much of the past two decades. For the previous 4 years, Hancock had been the statehouse reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World. He provided year-round daily coverage of the Kansas Statehouse, state government, appellate courts, elections and Kansas’ congressional delegation. He previously worked for 8 years as a statehouse reporter for Kansas Public Radio, and with the Kansas Health Policy Authority and the Kansas Education Policy Report.
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Legislation authorizes state-based marketplace, rate review
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Reporters receive behind-the-scenes tour of $300 million renovation project
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First-in-the-nation law ties state funding to open access policies
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Pritzker signs bill backed by attorney general and passed with only Democratic support
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Agency looks to open 5,000 new slots in underserved communities
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MAP grant increase will make community college tuition-free for many
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House gives final OK to $50.6 billion spending plan
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Cannabis regulation, elections, biometric privacy, ethics measures all filed Friday
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Case centers on narrow questions of Illinois state constitution
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Case is one of several challenging new law’s constitutionality