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Podcast: City Cast Chicago
Episode: Are Feds Targeting Local Political Candidates? Plus, Still No Transit Funding
Description: The loss of federal food assistance due to the government shutdown will affect nearly 2 million Illinoisans. Gov. JB Pritzker is directing $20 million to help close the gap, but Sun-Times reporter Tina Sfondeles explains that’s only a fraction of the need. She talks with executive producer Simone Alicea and Alex Nitkin with the Illinois Answers Project about what’s next. Plus, they discuss the charges facing local political candidates, transit funding that’s still in limbo, suburban tax loopholes, and a couple of architectural projects worth taking a look at.Â
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