Mariah Woelfel
Mariah Woelfel is WBEZ’s morning news producer--up before the sun to produce newscasts for the local broadcast of NPR’s Morning Edition. Prior to WBEZ, Mariah worked as a reporter, producer and All Things Considered host during her time as a fellow at WVIK, an NPR member station in western Illinois. She got her start in radio interning on WBEZ’s news desk during graduate school.
Mariah has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in journalism from DePaul University.
She grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago before moving with her family to the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood when she was 13. Mariah currently lives in Chicago’s Noble Square neighborhood with her dog, Lola.
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Chicago voters elected a new mayor who will soon have to tackle big problems the city faces, like crime.
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Voters on Tuesday are choosing a new mayor. The race is a referendum on the Democratic Party's direction in a deeply blue city.
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Chicago is on the brink of choosing a new mayor in a runoff election this Tuesday, after incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost in the first round.
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Voters will decide whether the city's first openly gay and first Black female mayor will win reelection or face a runoff. Why is the incumbent mayor facing so many challengers?
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's first term in office saw a spike in crime, disputes with labor unions, and the pandemic. She's running for reelection next week — against eight challengers.
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A measure to rename Chicago's most iconic roadway, Lake Shore Drive, in honor of the Black man credited with founding the city could finally get the green light. The mayor, though, opposes the move.
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When Illinois legalized recreational marijuana, lawmakers promised those who were harmed by the war on drugs would be able to cash in. That is not what happened.
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The Illinois GOP has failed to keep a gadfly candidate, white supremacist Arthur Jones, from being the only Republican congressional candidate on the general election ballot this year.
