PM Springfield Interviews

Brenden Moore of Capitol News Illinois joins Patrick to discuss campaign finance reform, assisted suicide, and Governor Pritzker's 2028 ambitions. 

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Champaign News-Gazette sports reporter Scott Richey joins Patrick to talk Illini basketball ahead of Saturday's game with Nebraska and about the Illinois football trip to the Music City Bowl.

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Former White House spokesman and Indiana politico Pete Seat joins Patrick to discuss the Indiana Senate's rebuke of mid-decade redistricting and cracks in the MAGA foundation. 

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Chicago Sun-Times political reporter Mitchell Armentrout joins Patrick to discuss Governor Pritzker's signature on the Medical Aid in Dying bill and controversy in the Democratic senate primary.

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Republican operative Collin Corbett joins Patrick to talk about the future of the Illinois GOP headed into the 2026 cycle. 

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Chicago Sun-Times federal courts reporter Jon Seidel joins Patrick to discuss Michael Madigan's request for a pardon from the Trump administration and how a State Senator got off on a bribery charge. 

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Is Patrick too pessimistic about the state of the Illinois Republican Party? Former Illinois GOP Chairman Pat Brady thinks so. 

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Ben Szalinski of Capitol News Illinois joins Patrick to discuss drama in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and if Republicans can make the race competitive next year. 

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Former Illinois National Guard Adjutant General and former Congressman Bill Enyart joins Patrick to discuss the attacks on alleged drug boats off the coast of Venezuela and the new "National Security Strategy" document. 

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Holly Spangler of Prairie Farmer magazine joins Patrick to discuss the ouster of the President of the Illinois Farm Bureau and what it means for one of the most important organizations at the Statehouse.

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