Mike Flannery
Mike Flannery is the political editor at FOX 32 News.
Previously, he covered politics at CBS 2 Chicago for 30 years.
Flannery grew up in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Georgetown University. He covered politics and labor for the Chicago Sun-Times for seven years before transitioning to TV in 1980.
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Flannery Fired Up: June 11, 2021
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Illinois electricity consumers, beware! Rate increase alert
Nine-hundred pages of energy legislation pending in the Illinois State Capitol also contains a rate increase for electricity consumers. The only question: just how big will it be?
Lightfoot says gun violence 'trending in the right direction' amid bloodiest year in more than a decade
'TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION': Mayor Lori Lightfoot made a startling claim after the Sun-Times reported a huge increase in the number of Chicago children wounded or killed by guns.
Freight train frustrations: Alderman says trains sitting still, blocking vehicles and pedestrians
Freight trains are once again stopping for long periods of time in the Beverly and Mount Greenwood areas, blocking people and vehicles.
Flannery Fired Up: June 4, 2021
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Lightfoot hopes to persuade House to rewrite or reject state Senate plan for elected school board
Mayor Lightfoot Wednesday launched a last-ditch effort to persuade the Illinois House to reject a State Senate plan to have Chicago voters elect members of the Board of Education.
Proposal to elect Chicago school board members advances in Illinois Senate
The Illinois State Senate on Tuesday approved a proposal to elect members of the Chicago Board of Education.
Pritzker celebrates passage of state budget as critics pounce
While critics complain the new state budget is actually a half-billion dollars out of balance, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker took a victory lap Tuesday afternoon.
Flannery Fired Up: May 28, 2021
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Longtime aide to Madigan indicted in ComEd bribery case
Former Madigan chief of staff Timothy Mapes is accused of attempting to obstruct justice. Prosecutors say he lied under oath to the federal grand jury investigating the ComEd bribery case.