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Cook County Beverage Tax In Effect When Will Schools See State Cash? Wait and See Lightfoot, Emanuel Meet to Discuss Police Board Presidency Efforts to Simplify CPS High School Application Process Draw Concern Chicago Leads Nation in Reducing Racial Disparity in Breast Cancer Deaths Chicago’s Women Golf Club Celebrating 80 Years Ask Geoffrey: What Happened to the Young Abraham Lincoln Statue
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Aug. 2, 2017 - Full Show
8/2/2017 | 56m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
Cook County Beverage Tax In Effect When Will Schools See State Cash? Wait and See Lightfoot, Emanuel Meet to Discuss Police Board Presidency Efforts to Simplify CPS High School Application Process Draw Concern Chicago Leads Nation in Reducing Racial Disparity in Breast Cancer Deaths Chicago’s Women Golf Club Celebrating 80 Years Ask Geoffrey: What Happened to the Young Abraham Lincoln Statue
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Ask Geoffrey: What Happened to the Young Abe Lincoln Statue?
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Clip: 8/2/2017 | 6m | Geoffrey Baer tracks a statue’s journey from a library to a North Side park. (6m)
Chicago Reduces Racial Disparity in Breast Cancer Deaths
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Clip: 8/2/2017 | 7m 27s | Chicago sees a big decrease in racial disparity in deaths from breast cancer. (7m 27s)
Chicago’s Women Golf Club Celebrating 80 Years
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Clip: 8/2/2017 | 6m 14s | Jay Shefsky visits one of the oldest African-American women’s golf clubs in the country. (6m 14s)
Cook County Beverage Tax In Effect
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Clip: 8/2/2017 | 3m 57s | Soft drinks just got more expensive in Cook County. (3m 57s)
Efforts to Simplify CPS High School Application Draw Concern
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Clip: 8/2/2017 | 5m 56s | An attempt to make the high school application process easier is raising some questions. (5m 56s)
Lightfoot, Emanuel Meet to Discuss Police Board Presidency
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Clip: 8/2/2017 | 13m 51s | Lori Lightfoot met with the mayor to find out if he would reappoint her as president. (13m 51s)
When Will Schools See State Cash? Wait and See
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Clip: 8/2/2017 | 5m 29s | We discuss Illinois' latest looming crisis: school funding (5m 29s)
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