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Podcast: In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons
Episode: WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: Oct. 25, 2024
Description: Witnesses have begun to take the stand in the federal corruption trial of former Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s hand-picked board of education met for the first time. And the city is combining its shelters for migrants and other Chicagoans into a single, unified system.
Reset goes behind the headlines of those stories with Chalkbeat Chicago reporter Reema Amin, WBEZ state politics reporter Dave McKinney and government finance and accountability reporter with the Illinois Answers Project of the Better Government Association Alex Nitkin.
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